The EU is known for its enormous economic power, which is also sought in the political, foreign policy and military fields. After the end of the Cold War, EU Member States began to think about these areas and brought them to the fore 1992 in the Treaty on European Union, outlining the first framework for the Common Foreign and Security Policy(CFSP). However, the CFSP proved to be incompetent and unsuitable from the very beginning (the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1992-1995). As a result, the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) was developed as an integral part of it. With the Treaty of Lisbon in 2009, the EU was given legal personality and an institutional structure for external action. In 2016, the High Representative presented the EU Global Strategy on Foreign and Security Policy, which reflects common positions, offers a strategic vision of the EU's global role and represents a common way forward. This paper is based on the analysis of the suitability of the CFSP measures for dealing with the contemporary security threats (chosen cases of migration, terrorism and cyber threats) described in the EU Global Strategy.
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