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Das Sicherheitsdilemma der Europäischen Union in Ermangelung eines einheitlichen Militärs: Bewertung der Rolle der NATO und der transatlantischen Beziehungen in der Post-Trump-Ära

Year 2025, Volume: 1 Issue: 2, 195 - 221, 03.09.2025

Abstract

Die Forschung untersucht die Bemühungen der EU um strategische Unabhängigkeit und konzentriert sich dabei auf Probleme und Möglichkeiten innerhalb ihrer Verteidigungs- und Sicherheitsbeziehungen mit der Nordatlantikpakt-Organisation (NATO). Diese Forschung verwendet qualitative Methoden, um Verteidigungsprojekte der Ständigen Strukturierten Zusammenarbeit (PESCO) und des Europäischen Verteidigungsfonds (EDF) zu untersuchen und zu untersuchen, wie sich politische Transformationen auf die europäische Sicherheit insgesamt auswirken. Die Europäische Union (EU) hat ihre Verteidigungsfähigkeiten erfolgreich entwickelt, doch zu den derzeitigen Einschränkungen gehören die Politik der Mitgliedstaaten, die koordinierte Ansätze blockiert, und die Kämpfe um die Schaffung standardisierter militärischer Fähigkeiten. Dies hindert die EU-Regierungen daran, autonome Entscheidungen über die globale Sicherheit zu treffen. Die Unsicherheit in der Außenpolitik der Trump-Regierung unterstrich die Abhängigkeit Europas von der Macht in Übersee, was zu verstärkten Bemühungen der EU um strategische Unabhängigkeit führte. Die Studie zeigt, dass die EU ihre unabhängige Sicherheitspolitik vorantreibt, der Aufbau einer vollständigen Unabhängigkeit von der NATO jedoch zahlreiche Hindernisse mit sich bringt, die eine verstärkte Zusammenarbeit und Integration der EU auf allen Ebenen erfordern. Die Forschung hilft zu erklären, wie sich die europäische Sicherheit in der globalen Ordnung entwickeln wird, die komplexer und unberechenbarer wird.

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The European Union’s Security Dilemma in the Absence of a Unified Military: Assessing the Role of NATO and Transatlantic Relations in the Post-Trump Era

Year 2025, Volume: 1 Issue: 2, 195 - 221, 03.09.2025

Abstract

The research investigates the EU's efforts at strategic independence while focusing on problems and possibilities within its North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) defense and security relationship. This research uses qualitative methods to study defense projects Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) and European Defense Fund (EDF) and to examine how political transformations affect European security at large. The European Union (EU) successfully developed its defense capabilities, yet current limitations include member state politics blocking coordinated approaches and struggles to create standardized military capabilities. This prevents EU governments from taking autonomous global security decisions. The uncertainty of the Trump administration's foreign policy underlined Europe's exposure to overseas power dependence, leading to increased EU efforts to achieve strategic independence. The research shows that the EU advances its independent security policy, yet building full independence from NATO poses multiple obstacles that require enhanced EU cooperation and integration at all levels. The research helps explain how European security will develop in the global order, which becomes more complex and unpredictable.

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  • Daalder, I., & Goldgeier, J. (2006). Global NATO. Foreign Affairs, 85(5), 105–113. https://doi.org/10.2307/20032073
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  • Ebru Oğurlu. (2024). Changing Nature of the European Union - Turkey Relations: From Civilizational Project to Transactional Cooperation. Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi, 1(26), 33–54. https://doi.org/10.26745/ahbvuibfd.1363956
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  • Fabbrini, F. (2024). European defence integration after Trump’s re‐election: A proposal to revive the European Defense Community Treaty and its legal feasibility. European Law Journal. https://doi.org/10.1111/eulj.12531
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  • Handler, H. (2024). What Future Does the EU Have? Springer EBooks, 285–321. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-45440-1_11
  • Holger Draber. (2014). NATO’s 1979 Dual-Track Decision: National Interests and the Influence of Former Political Leaders of the United States of America and the Federal Republic of Germany. https://doi.org/10.21236/ada611751
  • Howorth, J., & John. (2003). The EU, NATO and the Quest for European Autonomy. Palgrave Macmillan US EBooks, 3–21. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403981363_1
  • James, P. (2022). Structural Realism. Realism and International Relations, 355-C12.P88. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197645024.003.0012
  • Kohut, A. (2024). The architects of “America First” and the potential consequences of a Trump victory for European security. Ceeol.com; OSW Ośrodek Studiow Wschodnich im. Marka Karpia. https://www.ceeol.com/search/gray-literature-detail?id=1280411
  • Krzymowski, A. (2021). Europe’s Strategic Autonomy in a Transatlantic Context at the Turn of the Centuries. In Icm.edu.pl. WSGK. https://open.icm.edu.pl/handle/123456789/21004
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  • MejinoLopez, J., & Wolff, G. (2024). A European defence industrial strategy in a hostile world. Bruegel; JSTOR. https://doi.org/10.2307/resrep65036
  • Moller, S. B., & Rynning, S. (2021). Revitalizing Transatlantic Relations: NATO 2030 and Beyond. The Washington Quarterly, 44(1), 177–197. https://doi.org/10.1080/0163660x.2021.1896133
  • Molnár, A., & Éva Jakusné Harnos. (2024). From Quasi-Sovereignty to Full Sovereignty? The Interpretations of Strategic Autonomy and Sovereignty in the European Union. Anali Hrvatskog Politološkog Društva/Anali Hrvatskog Politološkog Društva, 21(1). https://doi.org/10.20901/an.21.02
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  • Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO). (2017). European Council Council of the European Union. https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/policies/pesco
  • Pawlikowski, A. (2024). The EU’s defence ambitions in the field of defence technological and industrial development. European Integration Studies, 20(2), 345–382. https://doi.org/10.46941/2024.2.14
  • Perthes, V. (2011). Europe and the Arab Spring. Survival, 53(6), 73–84. https://doi.org/10.1080/00396338.2011.636273
  • Romeo, C., Alexandru, S., Constantin, C., & Alexandru, P. (2024). EU-US Transatlantic Partnership in the Context of Global Competition. https://stec.univ-ovidius.ro/html/anale/RO/2024i2/Section%201%20and%202/13.pdf
  • Schramm, L. (2025). Between Different National Preferences and Conflicting Policy Objectives: The Difficulties in Establishing a Common European Energy Policy. Contemporary European Politics, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.1002/cep4.70001
  • Sinem Ünaldilar, Betül Aydoğan Ünal, & Senem Kumova Metin. (2025). Navigating the storm: the impact of the Russia–Ukraine war on the EU's quest for strategic autonomy. European Security, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1080/09662839.2025.2517031
  • Strategic autonomy and European defence. (2021, December 3). Elcano Royal Institute. https://www.realinstitutoelcano.org/en/analyses/strategic-autonomy-and-european-defence/?
  • Tanti, C. (2025, March 24). EU defence initiative rebranded as “Readiness 2030” after backlash from Italy and Spain - Monaco Life. Monaco Life. https://monacolife.net/eu-defence-initiative-rebranded-as-readiness-2030-after-backlash-from-italy-and-spain
  • Thelen, K. (2003). HOW INSTITUTIONS EVOLVE. Comparative Historical Analysis in the Social Sciences, 208–240. https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511803963.007
  • Uğur, Ö. (2025). The European Union Foreign Policy System and the Extent of Europeanization after the Common Foreign and Security Policy. The Journal of International Scientific Researches, 10(2), 276–293. https://doi.org/10.23834/isrjournal.1653350
  • Webber, M. (2025). The security governance of the European Union. Edward Elgar Publishing EBooks, 67–81. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781803925189.00015

Birleşik Bir Ordunun Yokluğunda Avrupa Birliği'nin Güvenlik İkilemi: Trump Sonrası Dönemde NATO'nun ve Transatlantik İlişkilerin Rolünün Değerlendirilmesi

Year 2025, Volume: 1 Issue: 2, 195 - 221, 03.09.2025

Abstract

Bu çalışma, NATO savunma ve güvenlik ilişkisi içindeki sorunlara ve olasılıklara odaklanırken AB'nin stratejik bağımsızlık çabalarını araştırmaktadır. Bu araştırma, PESCO ve EDF savunma projelerini ve siyasi dönüşümlerin genel olarak Avrupa güvenliğini nasıl etkilediğini incelemek için nitel yöntemler kullanmaktadır. AB savunma yeteneklerini başarıyla geliştirmiştir. Ancak mevcut sınırlamalar arasında üye devlet politikalarının koordineli yaklaşımları engellemesi ve standartlaştırılmış askeri yetenekler oluşturma mücadeleleri yer almaktadır. Bu, AB hükümetlerinin özerk küresel güvenlik kararları almasını engellemektedir. Trump yönetiminin dış politikasının belirsizliği, Avrupa'nın denizaşırı güç bağımlılığına maruz kalmasını ortaya çıkardı ve AB'nin stratejik bağımsızlığa ulaşma çabalarının artmasına yol açtı. Bu araştırma, AB'nin bağımsız güvenlik politikasını ilerlettiğini, ancak NATO'dan tam bağımsızlık oluşturmanın her düzeyde gelişmiş AB iş birliği ve entegrasyonunu gerektiren birden fazla engel oluşturduğu sonucuna varmakta, Avrupa güvenliğinin daha karmaşık ve öngörülemez hale gelen küresel düzende nasıl gelişeceğini açıklamaya yardımcı olmaktadır.

Ethical Statement

Bu çalışmanın her sürecinde bilimsel ve etik ilkelere uyulduğu yararlanılan tüm kaynakların kaynakçada belirtildiğini beyan ederim.

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Primary Language English
Subjects European Union, International Security
Journal Section Makale
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İzza Imran 0009-0007-0929-8228

Publication Date September 3, 2025
Submission Date July 18, 2025
Acceptance Date August 18, 2025
Published in Issue Year 2025 Volume: 1 Issue: 2

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APA Imran, İ. (2025). The European Union’s Security Dilemma in the Absence of a Unified Military: Assessing the Role of NATO and Transatlantic Relations in the Post-Trump Era. İstanbul Kent Üniversitesi Siyasal, Sosyal Ve Stratejik Araştırmalar Dergisi, 1(2), 195-221.