The Global Strategy of the European Union in Foreign and Security Policy for the Period 2000-2010 Years

The purpose of the research. This article analyzes the key directions of the EU’s global strategy in foreign and security policy as the most important and developing aspects of the EU’s international cooperation at the beginning of the XXI century. The authors attempt to study the most significant documents and trends in the framework of the formation of foreign policy in the field of security and defense of the European Union, which to a large extent had a decisive impact on the activities and main priorities of the development of the European Union in the following years. The article focuses on the key methods and methods of implementing the EU’s global external strategy, its effectiveness and significance in ensuring regional security and stability in the first decade of the XXI century. Conclusions. The described trends and contradictions within the EU within the framework of the designated topic point to the still undefined ways and tools to ensure a coherent security policy of the 2010s, which could satisfy the interests and correspond to the individual priorities of each state within the European Community.

international relations, the European Union, foreign policy, security, defense, strategy, security policy instruments