European Union soft security policies

Abstract

This article deals with EU challenge of designing with soft security policy that effectively achieves political and economic goals in an environment of increasing complexity and interoperability. Outlining economic aspects of soft security policy intervention designed to influence behaviour within scope of international relations is supposed to contribute to the analytical background for policy makers. The research outlines three economic evaluations affecting motivation and choices of policy makers: (1) costs of anticipated damage of possible disruption, (2) differential costs related to alternative security policy instruments and (3) differential costs related to security and economic policies combinations. A context sensitive approach to soft security policy instruments application is recommended, in which they are evaluated with specific regard to the interactional system in which they will be applied.