Kao odgovor na pandemiju virusa COVID-19 širom regiona su angažovane vojske u podršci civilnim vlastima. Ipak, vlasti su iskoristile hitnost situacije da angažuju vojsku ignorišući pravne procedure i/ili na nedovoljno transparentan način. Kriza je takođe pokazala da su vojskama potrebni dodatni kapaciteti da odgovore na vanredne situacije ove vrste, s obzirom na to da će one de facto ostati na prvoj liniji odbrane i u doglednoj budućnosti.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union plans for a multi-billion euro defence fund have been thrown into doubt by the economic shock of the coronavirus, officials and diplomats say, potentially threatening three years of unprecedented military cooperation.

Last year, when French president Emmanuel Macron declared in an interview with the Economist that NATO was “brain dead,” he caused a stir throughout Europe. Official European reactions came quickly, and they were negative across the continent. NATO’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said, “any attempt to distance Europe from North America will not only weaken the trans-Atlantic alliance, it is also risking dividing Europe itself. European unity cannot replace trans-Atlantic unity.” German Chancellor Angela Merkel declared that she could not support Macron, and Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki went as far as to qualify Macron’s statements as “dangerous.” Rather than hearing the French wake-up call, the rest of Europe rallied around the NATO flag. Instead of advancing the European debate and generating support for greater European defense efforts as Macron probably hoped to do, his statements apparently had the opposite effect. Allies eventually decided to bury the controversy in a reflection-group process, following a German proposal. Macron recently repeated his call for a stronger Europe at the Munich Security Conference, causing less irritated reactions — yet this event should not be seen as representative of the European debate. A large number of Europeans remain skeptical of Macron’s vision of a less dependent Europe.

The Alliance should use the reflection process to develop a new European pillar in NATO, in order to re-calibrate the relative weight of European and American commitments to the Alliance, both in terms of resources and decision making.

By Anna Wieslander

The new NATO European Defense Pillar

Od izbijanja pandemije, u mnogim državama proglašen je rat virusu COVID-19, a u njegovo suzbijanje uključene su i oružane snage. Srbija spada među zemlje čiji su političari koristili izuzetno ratoboran jezik, a slike vojnika koji patroliraju naoružani automatskim naoružanjem ulicama Beograda obišle su svet. Upotreba ratnih metafora i izazovi za demokratiju u vanrednom stanju su predmet sve oštrijih kritika . Do sada međutim, nije sistematski analiziran učinak sistema odbrane Republike Srbije u odbrani protiv pandemije. Iako je trenutno teško uraditi celovitu analizu učinka o operaciji upravljanja krizom koja je u toku, cilj ovog rada je da ponudi neke preliminarne uvide.

BRUSSELS – Special Representative of the EU for Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue Miroslav Lajčák stated for the Austrian news agency APA that the exchange of territories is not on the agenda of the process.

Srbija je jedina evropska zemlja gde vidimo simbole Pobede na gradskim ulicama, ovde nisu bačeni u zaborav junaci koji su po cenu neverovatnih gubitaka izvojevali mir i slobodu

Datum 9. maj, kako je naglasio predsednik Rusije Vladimir Putin, ne može ni da se otkaže, ni da se odgodi. To je sveti dan za našu zemlju, kaže u razgovoru za „Politiku” ambasador Rusije Aleksandar Bocan-Harčenko. Tako odgovara na pitanje o planiranoj velikoj proslavi i paradi povodom 75. godišnjice Dana pobede, uz učešće stranih državnika, među kojima su i srpski i francuski predsednici, Aleksandar Vučić i Emanuel Makron. Epidemija virusa korona, međutim, sve je to odložila.

VAŠINGTON, 9. maja (Tanjug) - Unapređuju se odnosi Srbije sa SAD, ocenjuju direktorka Centra za evroatlanske studije (CEAS) Jelena Milić i predsedavajući Peršing katedre za strateške studije u Centru za analizu evropskih politika (CEPA) Ben Hodžis i poručuju da bi, sa diplomatskom inicijativom SAD i EU, okolnosti sada mogle da budu daleko povoljnije za postizanje kompromisa između Beograda i Prištine.

Autori: Jelena Milić, General-potpukovnik Ben Hodžis

Poslednjih godina poboljšali su se  izgledi za stabilnost i bezbednost na Zapadnom Balkanu, uprkos decenijama konflikata, istorijskih sukoba, ekonomske stagnacije i razornog uplitanja Kremlja. Zapad bi trebalo da podstakne ovaj trend snažnije primenjujući svoju pozitivnu meku moć – posebno isticanjem privlačnosti svojih demokratskih vrednosti - umesto da pridikuje Srbiji i drugim zemljama regiona zbog njihoviih nedostataka.

Political appointee Alexander Alden will take over a role in a bureau caught in the middle of Trump’s impeachment and trial.

Alexander Alden, a political appointee under U.S. President Donald Trump, is being moved from the White House to the State Department to manage relations with Europe, including issues related to China and the coronavirus, according to current and former officials familiar with the matter.