Research Article

NATO-EU Strategic Partnership: Where is it Heading?

Volume: 26 Number: 1 August 2, 2021
  • Burak Tangör

NATO-EU Strategic Partnership: Where is it Heading?

Abstract

This study examines the security governance between NATO and the EU. I specifically focus on whether the EU-NATO strategic partnership has led to the institutionalization of complementarity between the two institutions. I empirically scrutinize the NATO-EU strategic partnership in the field of security governance. Then, I question whether Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) and the European Intervention Initiative (E2I) have marked a drift away from complementarity. PESCO and the E2I have mostly been considered as a challenge to the U.S.-led Atlantic Alliance. On the contrary, I see such initiatives as an enhancer for implementing better practices of security governance. In the first part of the study, the security governance approach to NATO-EU inter-institutional relations is explained. In the second part, the NATO-EU Strategic Partnership and initiatives for stronger European military capabilities are explored. In the last part of the study, the durability of the NATO-EU strategic partnership is questioned. I come to the conclusion that despite the different approaches to Euro-Atlantic security among the leading actors, such as the U.S., France and Germany, the NATO-EU Strategic Partnership will likely continue with complementarity in security governance between these two institutions.

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Political Science

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Burak Tangör This is me
0000-0002-9527-5343
Türkiye

Publication Date

August 2, 2021

Submission Date

July 12, 2020

Acceptance Date

February 2, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 2021 Volume: 26 Number: 1

APA
Tangör, B. (2021). NATO-EU Strategic Partnership: Where is it Heading? PERCEPTIONS: Journal of International Affairs, 26(1), 73-99. https://izlik.org/JA62UY57ME
AMA
1.Tangör B. NATO-EU Strategic Partnership: Where is it Heading? PERCEPTIONS. 2021;26(1):73-99. https://izlik.org/JA62UY57ME
Chicago
Tangör, Burak. 2021. “NATO-EU Strategic Partnership: Where Is It Heading?”. PERCEPTIONS: Journal of International Affairs 26 (1): 73-99. https://izlik.org/JA62UY57ME.
EndNote
Tangör B (August 1, 2021) NATO-EU Strategic Partnership: Where is it Heading? PERCEPTIONS: Journal of International Affairs 26 1 73–99.
IEEE
[1]B. Tangör, “NATO-EU Strategic Partnership: Where is it Heading?”, PERCEPTIONS, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 73–99, Aug. 2021, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA62UY57ME
ISNAD
Tangör, Burak. “NATO-EU Strategic Partnership: Where Is It Heading?”. PERCEPTIONS: Journal of International Affairs 26/1 (August 1, 2021): 73-99. https://izlik.org/JA62UY57ME.
JAMA
1.Tangör B. NATO-EU Strategic Partnership: Where is it Heading? PERCEPTIONS. 2021;26:73–99.
MLA
Tangör, Burak. “NATO-EU Strategic Partnership: Where Is It Heading?”. PERCEPTIONS: Journal of International Affairs, vol. 26, no. 1, Aug. 2021, pp. 73-99, https://izlik.org/JA62UY57ME.
Vancouver
1.Burak Tangör. NATO-EU Strategic Partnership: Where is it Heading? PERCEPTIONS [Internet]. 2021 Aug. 1;26(1):73-99. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA62UY57ME