The US Securitization of the Establishment of the European Union Army

Sa？etak The securitisation of the establishment of the European Union military has been undergoing in European public space for a significant amount of time. European federalists securitize the establishment of the EU military as the only solution in protecting European society and European identity from the existential threat of Russian revisionist foreign policy and the uncertainty of international security system. In contrast, Eurosceptics, officials of the United States of America, the United Kingdom and NATO, are securitizing the establishment of the EU military as an existential threat to the sovereignty of the member states of the Union and the survival of NATO. The US motive for securitizing the establishment of the EU military is to maintain the current state of affairs in the international security system as they consider the EU to be a competitor. Using the Theory of securitization, this paper proves the actuality of the securitization of the establishment of the EU military by US officials by analysing elements of the securitization and critically analysing the discourse of speech acts and official US security documents