Ethical Aspects of NATO-EU Cooperation

Abstract

In the ever-changing European and global environment in which the boundaries between peace, crisis and war become more and more unsafe every day, the task of promoting safety and security has become a priority on both the NATO and the EU agenda. NATO and the EU are two international organizations with policies and objectives worldwide. The purpose of the present effort is to observe common working points and to understand how the policies, objectives, values and resources can ensure convergence in achieving cooperation between the two international entities at regional and global level. By defining the major objectives, the statutes and the assumed governance, the organizations involved the human resource in the conceptual creation of the security and stability climate. By making efficient and timely use of the material and financial resources mobilized by NATO and EU Member States, they implement the objectives and policies of the organizations. The cooperation between the two organizations is a strategic process and evolves in stages to efficiently achieve the objectives assumed separately and in common.