Eu Strategic Compass For Security And Defence Shows The Wrong Course At The Worst Possible Time

The European Union (EU) member states have approved at the European Council on 21 March 2022, "A Strategic Compass for Security and Defence". The SC seeks to bring greater coherence and a strong shared sense of purpose to the EU's security and defence efforts. It is described as a guide for action providing concrete proposals and timelines for the coming 5-10 years of the EU. The Strategic Compass (SC) was prepared initially without considering the possibility of a serious war situation in Europe. It is possible to detect traces of this unpreparedness starting from the Executive Summary of the SC. The document in its current form gives the impression that it was accepted hastily for some reason. The European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS) is the Union's Agency for analyzing foreign, security, and defence policy issues. Its flagship publication is its Chaillot Paper series written by the Institute's Analysts and external experts. This information indicates that EUISS played an active and almost leading role in preparing the Strategic Compass. "Tensions with Turkey" are counted among the threats faced by the EU in 2021, says the European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS) Report. This reference is an obsessively repeated claim in EUISS reports. It would not be wrong to consider such hostile attitude towards Turkey as the eclipse of reason. The EU's hasty acceptance of the Strategic Compass document is a remarkable development,. The document names Turkey as a country that poses a threat to the EU in the Eastern Mediterranean region. It shows a serious lack of vision and strategic shallowness in the EU.