EU adopts first security doctrine

European Union leaders today formally adopted the Union’s first ever joint Security Strategy, a document which will form the framework for the Union’s foreign and security policy.

Welcoming the occasion, the strategy’s author, Javier Solana – the EU’s foreign policy chief – said that the document would provide a "road map" for the EU to play a role of "a strategic partner in the world".

Heavily influenced by US security doctrine following 11 September 2001, the document sets out...