abstract: The relevance of this study stems from the fact that since the beginning of the 21 st century, the European Union has become more actively involved in conflict prevention and peacekeeping in hot spots of the world; this is, in particular, determined by a wide range of instruments and mechanisms of the security system of the EU states, which, however, has its shortcomings and obsolete structural elements.The purpose of this study is to provide a brief analysis on the emergence and dynamics of the
journal: Êvropejsʹkij časopis