A new approach to the system of civil protection in the European Union
After the Cold War civil defense was transformed into civil protection. This part of the state structure moved from the armed forces in the civilian sector. There are two reasons. First, direct threat of nuclear war stopped. Second, major natural disasters caused by climate changes. Today’s...
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| Language: | English |
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Institute of International Politics and Economics, Belgrade
2015-01-01
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| Series: | Međunarodni Problemi |
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| Online Access: | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0025-8555/2015/0025-85551501064J.pdf |
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| Summary: | After the Cold War civil defense was transformed into civil protection. This
part of the state structure moved from the armed forces in the civilian
sector. There are two reasons. First, direct threat of nuclear war stopped.
Second, major natural disasters caused by climate changes. Today’s civil
protection is organized in order to protect life and property in the event of
disasters caused by nature or man. The European Union is due to the problems
that arise when disasters appear start a process aimed at higher efficiency
of civil protection in the Member States, but also the formation of a joint
civil protection system on its territory. A key reason for the formation of a
joint civil protection system is a phenomenon that disaster in one country
causes consequences in several neighbouring countries. This is why the
framework of modernization of the European Union Civil Protection includes
non-member states. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. 179029:
Srbija u savremenim međunarodnim odnosima: Strateški pravci razvoja i
učvršćivanja položaja Srbije u međunarodnim integrativnim procesima
-spoljnopolitički, međunarodni ekonomski, pravni i bezbednosni aspekti] |
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| ISSN: | 0025-8555 |