Paper Summary:

The author of the paper assesses the impact of the European Union's growth process on the development of the countries it encompasses as well as on the European Union's Security and Defence Policy. The writer examines the history of the security initiative developed by the European Union (ESDP) and the background and the framework in which this development took place. In addition, the writer examines the consequences of the political initiatives that led to the expansion of the ESDP's role and the external impact, on countries targeted by these attempts to increase the security space in Europe and in particular Russia, Turkey, and the Ukraine. Finally, the writer discusses the potential future evolution of the ESDP.

Outline:
Introduction
History and Challenges of the ESDP
The ESDP
Effects on European Countries
EU Relations with Russia
EU Relations with Ukraine
EU Relations with Turkey
EU Relations with the Mediterranean Countries
Conclusions

From the Paper:

"First and foremost it must be pointed out the fact that the ESDP is the result of a traditional structure, which is the international organization. In this sense, the realistic theory argues that although there is a need for states to keep their sovereignty, it is important for them to have a certain form of cooperation that supports political relations. At the same time, the structure of the EU and implicitly the existence of the ESDP are justified through the neorealist perspective. In this sense, taking realist and neorealist points into account, it can be said that the birth of the ESDP was a matter of power calculus; thus, "states must look to themselves to survive" hence they must engage in strategic alliances or forms of cooperation that would ensure them the ability to maintain a certain balance of power and, as structural realists argue, their relative power . In this sense, the creation of the European Union and the establishment of its security dimension was a well thought of affair, taking into account the perspectives after the Second World War and the need for a strategic and political balance of power. The actual creation of the ESDP was more difficult than the issue of the First Communitarian Pillar because of the specificity of the European Union which does not fall in the traditional category of the international organization, but rather its supranational character determines state to share sovereignty, a factor which determined several member states to be reluctant to address the issue of security at a supranational level ."

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