The author presents the euro-atlantic security system, which in the nineties underwent a process of deep evolution. While assessing the main processes of that period, emphasis is put on NATO's adaptation to new tasks, enlargement and the creation of the European Defense Identity. The author shows these processes in the wide international spectrum being shaped by the reduction of arms and the development of new relations between the United States and European Union in the context of integration and endeavors to buildup autonomous defensive capabilities. The author underlines, that in spite of discrepancies among European members of NATO and the United States concerning the NATO system of command, the fear of structural transatlantic divisions stimulated Europeans to undertake efforts in suport of the NATO organisation. On the other hand, a review of the command structure and extended dialog in the nineties were unusually necessary. The author showed the necessity to establish the strategic command responsibility for the transformation of NATO. Moreover, the author of article discusses the possibilities of forming EU and NATO common forces states, including headquarters which would be capable in crises reaction operations, while at the same time not duplicating the existing forces.
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