COMMON EUROPEAN SECURITY AND DEFENSE POLICY DEVELOPMENT DYNAMICS: THE EXAMPLE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION ACTIVITY IN THE CAUCASUS REGION
Abstract
The paper analyzes conceptual determinants as well as practical EU steps towards Common European Security and Defense Policy (CESDP) development. The purpose is to reveal the peculiarities of CESDP evolution with the example of the EU actions towards crisis regulation in the Caucasus region. The paper methodology includes the principles of historicism, objectivity, systemic, concreteness as well as the methods of historical and political research: synchronous, chronological, comparative benchmarking, source analysis techniques, event analysis, historical induction and deduction. The results of the paper include new scientific data on the dynamics of the EU actions towards crisis regulation in the Caucasus region. It is pointed out that despite the evident growth of the EU structural potential in the sphere of conflict resolution since the foundation of CESDP it is untimely to talk about the EU as an influential actor of international security system. The paper outcomes can be used by Russian state authorities when elaborating new technologies of effective complex use of military and civil tools towards constructing common European security architecture.
About the Authors
O. Yu. Semenov
Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod
Russian Federation
Oleg Yu. Semenov – Candidate of History, Assistant Professor at the Department of History and Theory of International Relations
Russian Federation
Oleg Yu. Semenov – Candidate of History, Assistant Professor at the Department of History and Theory of International Relations
D. A. Belashchenko
Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod
Russian Federation
Dmitry A. Belashchenko – Candidate of History, Assistant Lecturer at the Department of History and Policy of Russia
Russian Federation
Dmitry A. Belashchenko – Candidate of History, Assistant Lecturer at the Department of History and Policy of Russia
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Semenov O.Yu., Belashchenko D.A. COMMON EUROPEAN SECURITY AND DEFENSE POLICY DEVELOPMENT DYNAMICS: THE EXAMPLE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION ACTIVITY IN THE CAUCASUS REGION. SibScript. 2015;(3-2):231-235. (In Russ.)
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