Strategic Compass for Security and Defence

<p>The Strategic Compass for Security and Defence is a roadmap document written by the <a href="/facts/European_External_Action_Service/JNI3UXAP">European External Action Service</a> in 2022. and adopted on 25 May 2022 by the <a href="/facts/European_Council/QLJLlbkt">European Council</a>. <a href="/facts/Josep_Borrell/rKVVzIsh">Josep Borrell</a>, the <a href="/facts/High_Representative_of_the_Union_for_Foreign_Affairs_and_Security_Policy/Lqb5Joc1">foreign policy chief</a> at the time, said that it was a "turning point for the <a href="/facts/European_Union/6GYcR8qM">European Union</a> as a security provider and an important step for the European security and defence policy." He also said that given the <a href="/facts/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine/TTeQCgSl">2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine</a>, a "sea change in EU security and defence" was necessary. The document is seen as a parallel to the <a href="/facts/National_Security_Strategy_(United_States)/KMV4a8wb">National Security Strategy</a> of the United States. It was the first time a collective threat assessment procedure was written. A lengthy list of deliverables included the birth of the <a href="/facts/Rapid_Deployment_Capacity/vMM3HQP5">Rapid Deployment Capacity</a>, by 2025. Its intended reach was global. A lecturer thought that "Russia has unleashed the strongest push to strengthen Europe’s defence since the end of the Cold War", and that this document provided the necessary impetus.
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Strategic Compass for Security and Defence