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According to a survey of experts, the Union needs to focus its crisis management in the coming years on its southern and eastern neighbourhood. They consider the fight against hybrid threats, cyber defence and the protection of critical infrastructure to be the most important tasks that the Union's military mechanisms should address.
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In the coalition agreement, the German governing trio coalition talks more about deepening transatlantic cooperation than about European defence sovereignty. For it, disarmament, including in the digital space, is a strong theme in the area of security.
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In the past, gunpowder or nuclear power changed the nature of defence. Today, it is being changed by a new breakthrough technology. Although investing in it is high-risk, it also has a major potential impact, according to the European institutions. Slovak companies are also bringing globally unique systems to the market.
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Coordination between the EU and NATO stalled at the end of the second decade of the new millennium. However, strategic cooperation, which was at the centre of debates mainly in the 1990s, is being talked about again. Both entities can build on their experience in combating hybrid threats in particular. But the potential is greater.
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It has been opaque in implementing its military modernisation and is already cooperating with Russia militarily. However, it is mainly the lack of transparency or the use of disinformation that causes problems for the Alliance. Analysts point to the modernisation of the Chinese army, the increase in spending, but also to activities in the Arctic and Africa.
