when developments in the system require the european union to become credible actors security in defense just when the european approach to chrisis management through supporting democracy rather than ex
Just when developments in the international system require the European Union to become a credible actor in security and defence; just when the European approach to crisis management through supporting democracy rather than exporting it appears to be more suited to the challenges of our times; just when the economic crisis makes the option of developing a common defence inevitable; just when the Treaty of Lisbon provides new instruments to develop the CSDP within the framework of an integrated approach; in short, just when a quality leap in the CSDP has become necessary and possible, the European edifice seems to be creaking dangerously and there is a real risk that the ambitions and possibilities of the CSDP will have to be drastically downsized.
when developments in the system require the European Union to become credible actor security and defence; just when the European approach to crisis management through supporting democracy rather than exporting appears to be more suited to challenges of our times; just the economic crisis makes the option of developing common defence inevitable; just when the Lisbon new instruments to develop the CSDP within framework of an approach; in short, a quality leap in CSDP has become necessary and possible, European seems to creaking dangerously and there a risk that the ambitions possibilities of CSDP will have to drastically downsized.