Europe’s security and defence in a new and dangerous century

The impact of globalisation has shown that conflict and instability can flow as freely as trade. As the threat from the USSR has faded, so new dangers for the 21st century have arisen. Terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, the consequences of regional conflicts (in the Middle-East and Africa) and instability caused by failed states (as in Yugoslavia) are pressing. How the EU defends itself and guarantees its security was discussed at a hearing 'The European security strategy and future of the European Security and Defence policy' in the European Parliament with MEPs and experts on 13 July 2006.

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European Parliament: Hearings http://www.europarl.europa.eu/hearings/default_en.htm

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