The Research on Autonomy Development of European Union Security and Relationship on North Atlantic Treaty Organization(1990~2003)

• Main Authors: ShinRong Wu, 吳欣蓉
• Other Authors: Kuo, Chiu-ching
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2004
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/2z4nas

碩士 === 淡江大學 === 歐洲研究所 === 92 === The security of Europe for a long time has been relying on the United States. Within the interior of Atlantic Alliance has always being the topic of burden sharing. After the Cold War, although the structure of NATO has successfully adapted in its reorganization, the defense project of European security has been stagnated at its initial condition. Today, European Union has devoted in defense policy of autonomy, at certain level, it can be deemed as defending European benefit, or to increase its influence within Atlantic Alliance. Yet, in promoting a stronger Europe in its security and defense territory, it has its contradiction. On the one hand, a stronger Europe would provide the possibility of an even more equal share of burden; on the other hand, it’ll enable a better ability and willingness on the important subject, to adapt independent better than NATO/U.S., even from the standpoint of competition. Therefore, the research objective of this article is primary to discuss the meaning on European Union in constructing autonomy action ability, and the mutual interactive relationship created by NATO. This article will totally divided into five chapters, the first chapter is preface; the second chapter is primary to discuss the continue existence and value of NATO after Cold War, and in the area of Europe since after World War II, in the attempt in seeking security autonomy, in order to discuss how is NATO successful in transferring of the style in its adaptation after Cold War, and still the defense project of European security has not made any major progress; chapter three is targeted at the factor of European Union in striding into the integration of essence for the defense territory and to proceed with discussion on its meaning, from which it involved national factor, specially is U.S. point of view on the integration of European Union in defense, to further analyze the subject matter created between its integration and NATO; chapter four, from the area of system and ability to discuss the prospects on the autonomy development of European Union security, and the necessary connection displayed between its development and NATO, from which to analyze the reconciliation channel between European Union and NATO; chapter five than is to present research result, to be the conclusion of this article.