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07/07/2015

The availability of European Union military capabilities (DIEEEO69-2015)

The current strategic environment is bringing out a debate on the availability of European Union military capabilities to face the current threats. The reductions suffered by almost all European Armed Forces, as a result of the economic crisis experienced during practically a decade, have altered the structure of the European Armies, due to the financial framework, technological and industrial reasons, in such a way that strategic options have been limited to face conventional and other threats that require significant presence of troops on the ground to face current conflicts.
A situation that, however, is not new and that presents the question on the suitability of the trends of forces employment, or on the other hand if these trends are those feasible bearing in mind the general framework in which we have to work albeit we have to resign to our stability.

Author: Carlos Calvo González-Regueral

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