The role of the USA in the Western Europe’s security policy making

El papel de los Estados Unidos en la elaboración de políticas de seguridad en Europa Occidental

• Alina Korniienko Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0009-0004-0792-9020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.4177.27

Keywords: security policy-making, Western Europe, military threats, transatlantic relations, geopolitics in the 21st century

Abstract

The article aimed to determine the role and place of the United States as a key factor influencing the definition of Western European security policy, in the context of existing threats. The research methodology was based on the determination of the general geopolitical situation in the countries of the European Union EU and the United States, a comprehensive analysis of existing risks, a graphical analysis of the total defense costs, an analysis of the main approaches to the security policy of the European Union, with a view to the influence of the United States. Everything indicates that the U.S. is basing its position on the construction of an autonomous system to ensure the defense capability of the European Union. It is concluded on the need to strengthen the EU security implementation system based on the expansion of military potential will enhance the capabilities of NATO, which will allow the U.S., radically respond to other global threats.

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