THE NEW EURO-ATLANTIC COOPERATION DIMENSION - THE SMART DEFENCE INITIATIVE

The beginning of the 21st century brought critical transformations on the background of the strategic changes initiated by the major actors involved in the energy resources competition, after a financial crisis that led to austerity budget planning. This fact affected the defence budgets too, especially those of the European countries. That is why at the Chicago NATO Summit a new defence initiative was launched, an initiative that would support the European defence sector through collaboration in me wider framework of NATO. In our opinion, this new initiative - Smart Defence - will reopen on new bases the development of transatlantic relations