Columbia International Affairs Online: Policy Briefs

CIAO DATE: 10/2010

Strength in numbers? Comparing EU military capabilities in 2009 with 1999

Daniel Keohane, Charlotte Blommestijn

December 2009

European Union Institute for Security Studies

Abstract

In the wake of the NATO war in Kosovo in 1999, which exposed major deficiencies in European military resources, the Helsinki Summit in Demeber of that year saw EU governments pledge to revamp their military capabilities. But have EU governments delivered their promises during the last decade?