Strategic Autonomy - A Return to the Roots?: Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum. If You Want Peace, Prepare for War
Abstract
After half a century of liberalization trends, in contrast to the onset of economic globalization intensifying the outsourcing of all less lucrative activities to less developed regions, the EU is turning back to ensure the production of strategic commodities. Intended strategic autonomy in the sense of strengthening resilience to external influences should lead to a reduction in import dependence, to an increase in the EU's negotiating position in international relations - overall to an increase in the EU's strategic potential as an international actor.
Strategic autonomy extends from the originally military dimension to technological, production, trade, but also diplomatic. In that case, however, it is necessary to define the content of strategic autonomy - what areas of integration it covers.
The resulting strategic autonomy must be based on the specific institutional setting of the individual actors, then there is a clear limitation of their strategic culture.