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Tibor Babos
CONTENTS
Foreword
Editor’s Introduction
Abstract
Introduction
i. Thesis
ii. Topic relevance and support
iii. Book layout
1. European Power-Center Interest Assertions and Their Relationships.
1.1. Introduction
1.2. Chronological Cornerstones of European Interest Assertion
1.3. Germany
1.4. United Kingdom
1.5. France
1.6. United States of America
1.7. Russia
1.8. Balance of Power
2. Global Security Changes and New European Security Trends
2.1. Introduction
2.2. Global Security Mutation
2.2.1. Post-Cold War Security Characteristics
2.2.2. Globalization
2.2.3. 9/11 Aftermath
2.2.4. Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction
2.2.5. Demographics and Security
2.2.6. International Organized Crime
2.2.7. Natural Risks
2.2.8. International System of Governments
2.2.9. Modern Military Capability Characteristics
2.3. New European Security Trends
2.3.1. Most Recent Turning Point
2.3.2. Regional European Conflicts
2.3.3. European Integration Security
2.3.4. New European Dividing Lines
2.4. Security Equation
3. European Security Policy and Military Capability Evolution
3.1. Introduction
3.2. European Defense Capability Prologue
3.3. European Defense Development
3.4. Common Denominator: Combined Joint Task force (CJTF)
3.5. European Defense Capability Definition
3.6. United Kingdom in Europe
3.7. EU – WEU Fusion
3.8. European Force Generation Initiation
3.9. New Millenium Prospects
3.10. New York and Washington in Europe
3.11. The “Big Bang”: 2004 EU Expansion
3.12. European Security and Defense Union Establishment
3.13. European Defense Dimension Equation
4. Transatlantic Relationship Dialectics
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Transatlantic Dilemma Foundations
4.3. ESDP Development with Transatlantic Contradictions
4.4. US Politics in Europe
4.5. ESDP – NATO Friction
4.6. Transatlantic Perspectives
4.7. Atlantic Balance
5. “EU-Function”: European Integration Center of Gravity
5.1. Introduction
5.2. European Integration Effects
5.3. Euro-Atlantic Integration Waves
5.4. Integration Results
5.5. Status Quo Revisions
5.6. Anti-Integration Circumstances
5.7. Integration Balance
Conclusion
Appendix A
1. Abbreviations
Appendix B
1. References
2. Online Sources
Editor’s Introduction
Abstract
Introduction
i. Thesis
ii. Topic relevance and support
iii. Book layout
1. European Power-Center Interest Assertions and Their Relationships.
1.1. Introduction
1.2. Chronological Cornerstones of European Interest Assertion
1.3. Germany
1.4. United Kingdom
1.5. France
1.6. United States of America
1.7. Russia
1.8. Balance of Power
2. Global Security Changes and New European Security Trends
2.1. Introduction
2.2. Global Security Mutation
2.2.1. Post-Cold War Security Characteristics
2.2.2. Globalization
2.2.3. 9/11 Aftermath
2.2.4. Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction
2.2.5. Demographics and Security
2.2.6. International Organized Crime
2.2.7. Natural Risks
2.2.8. International System of Governments
2.2.9. Modern Military Capability Characteristics
2.3. New European Security Trends
2.3.1. Most Recent Turning Point
2.3.2. Regional European Conflicts
2.3.3. European Integration Security
2.3.4. New European Dividing Lines
2.4. Security Equation
3. European Security Policy and Military Capability Evolution
3.1. Introduction
3.2. European Defense Capability Prologue
3.3. European Defense Development
3.4. Common Denominator: Combined Joint Task force (CJTF)
3.5. European Defense Capability Definition
3.6. United Kingdom in Europe
3.7. EU – WEU Fusion
3.8. European Force Generation Initiation
3.9. New Millenium Prospects
3.10. New York and Washington in Europe
3.11. The “Big Bang”: 2004 EU Expansion
3.12. European Security and Defense Union Establishment
3.13. European Defense Dimension Equation
4. Transatlantic Relationship Dialectics
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Transatlantic Dilemma Foundations
4.3. ESDP Development with Transatlantic Contradictions
4.4. US Politics in Europe
4.5. ESDP – NATO Friction
4.6. Transatlantic Perspectives
4.7. Atlantic Balance
5. “EU-Function”: European Integration Center of Gravity
5.1. Introduction
5.2. European Integration Effects
5.3. Euro-Atlantic Integration Waves
5.4. Integration Results
5.5. Status Quo Revisions
5.6. Anti-Integration Circumstances
5.7. Integration Balance
Conclusion
Appendix A
1. Abbreviations
Appendix B
1. References
2. Online Sources
PUBLISHERS
Public Diplomacy Division, NATO HQ
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Strategic and Defense Research Center
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Chartapress Publishing Ltd.
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Budapest 1135
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Boulevard Leopold III
Brussels 1932
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NATO School
OfficeAm Rainenbichl
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Germany
Strategic and Defense Research Center
Miklós Zrínyi National Defense University
Hungária krt. 9-11
Budapest 1101
Hungary
Chartapress Publishing Ltd.
Hun u. 3. X/3
Budapest 1135
Hungary
REFERENCES
- International Relations and Security Network (IRSN)
- NATO School
- Ministry of Defense, Hungary
- Russian and Eurasian Security, Specialized Network for Research on Security Related Developments
- Hungarian National Bibliography
- University of Szeged, Hungary
- Hungarian Doctoral Council
- NATO Library, p11
- Bibliothèque de Documentation Internationale Contemporaine
- Baltic Defence College
- The Five Central Pillars of European Security
YOUR EVALUATION
AUTHOR'S BIOGRAPHY
Tibor Babos is a military officer in the Hungarian Army and researcher presently working for the Office of the Hungarian Military Representative to the NATO and EU in Brussels as the Hungarian Strategic Representative. Since 2008, he has been working as the elected Dean of the Strategic Working Group of the NATO Military Committee by 28 Nations.
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1982 he began his military career by enrolling in the 1st Military Boarding School in Eger. After finishing the István Dobó Senior High School, concurrently with the Military Boarding School, he continued his military studies in the Lajos Kossuth Military College and became a certified military officer in 1989. He got his first assignment at the 34th László Bercsényi Long Range Reconnaissance Battalion (34th LBLRRB) in Szolnok as a Special Operations Group Commander. Between 1991-92 he participated in operations of the Hungarian Defense Forces in the Balkan Crisis, deploying as the Contingent Commander of the 34th LBLRRB for his last tours of duty. Between 1992-98 he worked for the Hungarian Military Intelligence Office (HMIO) in various HUMINT positions. In 1997, upon Hungary's official invitation to the NATO, he was selected into the Ad Hoc Working Group for the NATO Integration of the MIO coordinating and clarifying HUMINT cooperation and integration issues. In 1998 he was assigned to the Ministry of Defense as the Deputy Head, NATO Relations Branch. Since 2005, he has been serving as the Strategic, Capability and Force Planning Representative at the Office of the Hungarian Military Representative to NATO and EU in Brussels.
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Tibor Babos has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Reconnaissance with concentration in Long Range Special Operations and a Bachelor of Science in Military Automotive Engineering from the Lajos Kossuth Military College, Szentendre (1989). He is also a graduate of the Miklós Zrínyi Joint Staff College (1993) and of the Faculty of Strategic Intelligence and Military Diplomacy of the Miklós Zrínyi Military Academy, Budapest (1995). He was awarded two additional Master of Art diplomas in National Security Affairs and in International Security and Civil-Military Relations by the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California (2003). He defended his Ph.D. in 2004 in International Security Affairs with "Summa Cum Laude" at the Miklós Zrínyi National Defense University.
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He has participated in different part-time postgraduate studies in the Carleton, Queen’s and York universities in Canada, in the NATO School in Germany and in Galillee College in Israel.
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He has written more than 50 publications in English and Hungarian, among them 4 books, 6 book chapters, and various study papers and articles. He is a visiting professor at the Miklós Zrínyi National Defense University, at the University of Pécs, at the Multilateral Academy, at the Soter College, and at the Budapest Communication College.
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Tibor Babos has been a member of the Hungarian Military Parachuting Champion Club since 1991 and has a FAI Free Style Skydiving qualification “C”. He also has been a qualified Dive Master with the Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) since 1996.
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He is fluent in English, Russian and Slovak, intermediate in Spanish.
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The author's detailed biography.
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1982 he began his military career by enrolling in the 1st Military Boarding School in Eger. After finishing the István Dobó Senior High School, concurrently with the Military Boarding School, he continued his military studies in the Lajos Kossuth Military College and became a certified military officer in 1989. He got his first assignment at the 34th László Bercsényi Long Range Reconnaissance Battalion (34th LBLRRB) in Szolnok as a Special Operations Group Commander. Between 1991-92 he participated in operations of the Hungarian Defense Forces in the Balkan Crisis, deploying as the Contingent Commander of the 34th LBLRRB for his last tours of duty. Between 1992-98 he worked for the Hungarian Military Intelligence Office (HMIO) in various HUMINT positions. In 1997, upon Hungary's official invitation to the NATO, he was selected into the Ad Hoc Working Group for the NATO Integration of the MIO coordinating and clarifying HUMINT cooperation and integration issues. In 1998 he was assigned to the Ministry of Defense as the Deputy Head, NATO Relations Branch. Since 2005, he has been serving as the Strategic, Capability and Force Planning Representative at the Office of the Hungarian Military Representative to NATO and EU in Brussels.
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Tibor Babos has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Reconnaissance with concentration in Long Range Special Operations and a Bachelor of Science in Military Automotive Engineering from the Lajos Kossuth Military College, Szentendre (1989). He is also a graduate of the Miklós Zrínyi Joint Staff College (1993) and of the Faculty of Strategic Intelligence and Military Diplomacy of the Miklós Zrínyi Military Academy, Budapest (1995). He was awarded two additional Master of Art diplomas in National Security Affairs and in International Security and Civil-Military Relations by the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California (2003). He defended his Ph.D. in 2004 in International Security Affairs with "Summa Cum Laude" at the Miklós Zrínyi National Defense University.
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He has participated in different part-time postgraduate studies in the Carleton, Queen’s and York universities in Canada, in the NATO School in Germany and in Galillee College in Israel.
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He has written more than 50 publications in English and Hungarian, among them 4 books, 6 book chapters, and various study papers and articles. He is a visiting professor at the Miklós Zrínyi National Defense University, at the University of Pécs, at the Multilateral Academy, at the Soter College, and at the Budapest Communication College.
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Tibor Babos has been a member of the Hungarian Military Parachuting Champion Club since 1991 and has a FAI Free Style Skydiving qualification “C”. He also has been a qualified Dive Master with the Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) since 1996.
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He is fluent in English, Russian and Slovak, intermediate in Spanish.
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The author's detailed biography.
PUBLICATIONS
“The Military Aspects of the New French Strategy (Az új francia stratégia katonapolitikai értékelése)”, National Security Review (Nemzet és biztonság: biztonságpolitikai szemle), Budapest, I. évfolyam 7. szám, July 2008
”The Five Central Pillars of European Security”, NATO Public Diplomacy Division Brussels, Strategic and Defense Research Institute Budapest, NATO School Oberammergau and Chartapress, Budapest, 6 October 2007
”Hungary’s Priorities on Peace Support Operations in the Period of NATO Accession”, TRADECRAFT REVIEW, Periodical of the Scientific Board of the Hungarian Militiary Security Office, Special Issue, Budapest, 2007
"Az európai biztonság öt központi pillére", Zrínyi Kiadó, Budapest, 2007
”The Transformation of NATO’s Level of Ambition” (A Szövetség ambíciószint-változása a rigai NATO-csúcsértekezlet tükrében)”, Új Honvédségi Szemle, LXI. évfolyam, 2007/2 szám, Budapest, 5 February 2007
”Evolution of the Concept on Effect Based Approach to Operations (A műveletek hatásalapú megközelítése koncepció a rigai NATO-csúcsértekezlet tükrében)”, Új Honvédségi Szemle, LX. évfolyam, 2006/12 szám, Budapest, 5 December 2006
"Hungarian Peace Support Operations: Their Role in the Balkans and Elsewhere”, in Predrag JurekoviC, Frédéric LabarrE, "From Peace Making to Self Sustaining Peace - International Presence in South East Europe at a Crossroads", National Defence Academy and Bureau for Security Policy, in co-operation with the PfP Consortium of Defence Academies and Security Studies Institutes, Vienna (ISBN: 3-901 328-98-X), May 2004
"Vision of a New Hungarian Intelligence Architecture”, Geneva Center for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF), Geneva, March 2004.
“Hungarian Peace Support Operations: Its Role in the Balkans and elsewhere”, PfP Consortium of Defense Academies and Strategic Studies Institutes, Vienna, Austria, 2004
"Regulating the Intelligence System and Oversight in the Hungarian Constitutional Democracy”, (1) Civil-Military Relations in South-East Europe, PfP Consortium of Defense Academies and Strategic Studies Institutes, Vienna, Austria, 2004, (2) Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, USA, 2003, (3) Federation of American Scientists, Washington D.C., USA, 2003
"The Role of the Partnership for Peace Program and the State Partnership Program in the Process of NATO enlargement. The Case of the Hungarian-Ohio Cooperation”, (1) Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, USA, 2003 and (2) Storming Media, Pentagon, Washington D.C., USA, 2004”Strategy of the Association of Hungarian Municipalities of Europe”, Association of Hungarian Municipalities of Europe, Székesfehérvár, Hungary, October 2003, Online:
“Metamorphosis of the Postgraduates’ International Network (A Posztgraduálisok Nemzetközi Szervezetének metamorfózisa)”, Acta Doctorandum, 2001/2, Budapest, 2001
“Stumbling Blocks of Hungary’s NATO Integration”, Defense Studies, Institute of Strategic and Defense Research, Budapest, 2001
“Breakthrough of Civil-Military Relations in Hungary”, Civil-Military Relations in South-East Europe, PfP Consortium of Defense Academies and Strategic Studies Institutes, Vienna, 2001
“Evolution of the Partnership for Peace Program, (A Békepartnerségi Program fejlődési folyamata)”, The Sword and the Pen (Kard és toll), National Defense University, Budapest, 2000
“About the Postgraduates’ International Network” (A Posztgraduálisok Nemzetközi Szervezetéről)”, Acta Doctorandum, Budapest, 2001/1
“EU-FUNCTION (EU-FUKCIÓ)”, Europa 2002, Budapest, 2000
“Rights PhD Students“ (Doktorandusz-jogok)“ , Acta Doctorandum, Budapest, 2000/2
“A Scientific World Congress (Egy tudományos világtalálkozó)”, Military Science (Hadtudomány), Budapest, 2001/2
“The third Pillar of Hungary’s Integration: The Road to Western European Union (Integrációnk harmadik pillére: a NYEU - A társult tagsághoz vezető út)”, The New Military Review (Új Honvédségi Szemle), Budapest, 1999/6
“Spring Wind (Tavaszi szél…)”, The New Military Review (Új Honvédségi Szemle), Budapest, 1999/5
“EU-Hungary – Challenges 2000 (EU-Magyarország – Kihívások 2000)”, The New Military Review (Új Honvédségi Szemle), Budapest, 1998/11
“National Security – Second Meaning (Nemzet – Biztonság(!) Egy sokadik értelmezés…” ), The New Military Review (Új Honvédségi Szemle), Budapest, 1998/7
“EU: Wave Question (EU: körkérdés”), Peoples’ Freedom (Népszabadság), 10 November 1998
“Democratic Civil Military Relations Structure Problems, Future in Hungary”, DCMRP Paper, Ottawa, 1998“Civil-Military Relations – A Hungarian Point of View”, The Canadian Maple Leaf, Ottawa, 1998/4
“Drug – Security (Kábítószer - Biztonság)", Hungarian Home Defender (Magyar Honvéd), Budapest, 24 July 1997
“NATO: Before Brussels is Marid or Madrid After Brussels? (NATO: Büsszel előtt Madrid – Madrid után Brüsszel?)”, New Hungary (Új Magyarország), Budapest, 8 July 1997
“NATO: Wave Question (NATO: körös kérdés)", The Hungarian Newspaper (Magyar Hírlap), Budapest, 8 July 1997
”The Five Central Pillars of European Security”, NATO Public Diplomacy Division Brussels, Strategic and Defense Research Institute Budapest, NATO School Oberammergau and Chartapress, Budapest, 6 October 2007
”Hungary’s Priorities on Peace Support Operations in the Period of NATO Accession”, TRADECRAFT REVIEW, Periodical of the Scientific Board of the Hungarian Militiary Security Office, Special Issue, Budapest, 2007
"Az európai biztonság öt központi pillére", Zrínyi Kiadó, Budapest, 2007
”The Transformation of NATO’s Level of Ambition” (A Szövetség ambíciószint-változása a rigai NATO-csúcsértekezlet tükrében)”, Új Honvédségi Szemle, LXI. évfolyam, 2007/2 szám, Budapest, 5 February 2007
”Evolution of the Concept on Effect Based Approach to Operations (A műveletek hatásalapú megközelítése koncepció a rigai NATO-csúcsértekezlet tükrében)”, Új Honvédségi Szemle, LX. évfolyam, 2006/12 szám, Budapest, 5 December 2006
"Hungarian Peace Support Operations: Their Role in the Balkans and Elsewhere”, in Predrag JurekoviC, Frédéric LabarrE, "From Peace Making to Self Sustaining Peace - International Presence in South East Europe at a Crossroads", National Defence Academy and Bureau for Security Policy, in co-operation with the PfP Consortium of Defence Academies and Security Studies Institutes, Vienna (ISBN: 3-901 328-98-X), May 2004
"Vision of a New Hungarian Intelligence Architecture”, Geneva Center for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF), Geneva, March 2004.
“Hungarian Peace Support Operations: Its Role in the Balkans and elsewhere”, PfP Consortium of Defense Academies and Strategic Studies Institutes, Vienna, Austria, 2004
"Regulating the Intelligence System and Oversight in the Hungarian Constitutional Democracy”, (1) Civil-Military Relations in South-East Europe, PfP Consortium of Defense Academies and Strategic Studies Institutes, Vienna, Austria, 2004, (2) Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, USA, 2003, (3) Federation of American Scientists, Washington D.C., USA, 2003
"The Role of the Partnership for Peace Program and the State Partnership Program in the Process of NATO enlargement. The Case of the Hungarian-Ohio Cooperation”, (1) Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, USA, 2003 and (2) Storming Media, Pentagon, Washington D.C., USA, 2004”Strategy of the Association of Hungarian Municipalities of Europe”, Association of Hungarian Municipalities of Europe, Székesfehérvár, Hungary, October 2003, Online:
“Metamorphosis of the Postgraduates’ International Network (A Posztgraduálisok Nemzetközi Szervezetének metamorfózisa)”, Acta Doctorandum, 2001/2, Budapest, 2001
“Stumbling Blocks of Hungary’s NATO Integration”, Defense Studies, Institute of Strategic and Defense Research, Budapest, 2001
“Breakthrough of Civil-Military Relations in Hungary”, Civil-Military Relations in South-East Europe, PfP Consortium of Defense Academies and Strategic Studies Institutes, Vienna, 2001
“Evolution of the Partnership for Peace Program, (A Békepartnerségi Program fejlődési folyamata)”, The Sword and the Pen (Kard és toll), National Defense University, Budapest, 2000
“About the Postgraduates’ International Network” (A Posztgraduálisok Nemzetközi Szervezetéről)”, Acta Doctorandum, Budapest, 2001/1
“EU-FUNCTION (EU-FUKCIÓ)”, Europa 2002, Budapest, 2000
“Rights PhD Students“ (Doktorandusz-jogok)“ , Acta Doctorandum, Budapest, 2000/2
“A Scientific World Congress (Egy tudományos világtalálkozó)”, Military Science (Hadtudomány), Budapest, 2001/2
“The third Pillar of Hungary’s Integration: The Road to Western European Union (Integrációnk harmadik pillére: a NYEU - A társult tagsághoz vezető út)”, The New Military Review (Új Honvédségi Szemle), Budapest, 1999/6
“Spring Wind (Tavaszi szél…)”, The New Military Review (Új Honvédségi Szemle), Budapest, 1999/5
“EU-Hungary – Challenges 2000 (EU-Magyarország – Kihívások 2000)”, The New Military Review (Új Honvédségi Szemle), Budapest, 1998/11
“National Security – Second Meaning (Nemzet – Biztonság(!) Egy sokadik értelmezés…” ), The New Military Review (Új Honvédségi Szemle), Budapest, 1998/7
“EU: Wave Question (EU: körkérdés”), Peoples’ Freedom (Népszabadság), 10 November 1998
“Democratic Civil Military Relations Structure Problems, Future in Hungary”, DCMRP Paper, Ottawa, 1998“Civil-Military Relations – A Hungarian Point of View”, The Canadian Maple Leaf, Ottawa, 1998/4
“Drug – Security (Kábítószer - Biztonság)", Hungarian Home Defender (Magyar Honvéd), Budapest, 24 July 1997
“NATO: Before Brussels is Marid or Madrid After Brussels? (NATO: Büsszel előtt Madrid – Madrid után Brüsszel?)”, New Hungary (Új Magyarország), Budapest, 8 July 1997
“NATO: Wave Question (NATO: körös kérdés)", The Hungarian Newspaper (Magyar Hírlap), Budapest, 8 July 1997
CONTACT
You are invited to e-mail any comments, questions or requests to the author at tiborbabos@yahoo.com
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