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SECURITY-POLITICAL POSITION OF NEUTRAL SWITSERLAND WITHIN THE NEW EUROPEAN SECURITY ORDER
Gordan Grlić Radman
; Ministarstvo vanjskih poslova i europskih integracija Republike Hrvatske, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
The main task of the Swiss security policy up to the collapse of the bipolar system was the country’s military defense. The content of its defense doctrine was elaborated on and further expanded as total defence in the non-military direction. The end of the cold war marked a departure from the classical defense doctrine and also relativized the mythological character of permanent neutrality, forcing Switserland to redefine its security policy in the altered European security setting. The expansion of the concept of security went hand in hand with an increased interest in international peace efforts and international cooperation. In the meantime, Switserland’s instruments and activities have multiplied in both fields. In certain aspects e.g. the control of the policy of disarmament and armament, Switserland has excelled. Concerning the new forms of threats and intimidation it has shown willingness for across-the-border cooperation, while the traditional formula security through neutrality and independence increasingly gives way to the new motto: Security through cooperation – a shift from its time-honoured foreign- and security/political course of restrictive and detached attitude towards a more intensive cooperation. Although conceptually the development of Swiss security policy and consequently its shift towards some peace policy has not been even remotely supported by a satisfactory redistribution of financial and personal resources, the Swiss military reform – introduced in early 2004 – is de facto a conceptual accommodation of the Swiss military force to the new plan on European security. Switserland has become a member of the PfP although, due to its policy of neutrality, it is not planning to join the NATO. Nevertheless, Switserland is vacillating between the EU membership and a more substantial rapprochement with the NATO, at the same time putting all its hopes into the development of global management under the direction of the United Nations and the joint security system.
Ključne riječi
security policy; European security; permanent neutrality; military reform; NATO; EU
Hrčak ID:
22842
URI
Datum izdavanja:
11.1.2005.
Posjeta: 2.917 *