4th COMMON SECURITY AND DEFENCE POLICY OLYMPIAD Residential phase, 21 - 25 May 2018 at Vasil Levski NMU, Veliko Tarnovo, under the auspices of the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union and the European Security and Defence College, Brussels, Belgium Publication of the Vasil Levski National Military University Editor: Colonel Prof. Dr. Veselin MADANSKI, Colonel Assoc. Prof. Nevena ATANASOVA - KRASTEVA, PhD Language Editor: Senior Instructor Marina RAYKOVA Disclaimer: Any views or opinions presented in this booklet are solely those of the authors. © Vasil Levski National Military University, Veliko Tarnovo, BULGARIA, 2018 ISBN 978-954-753-278-6 2 CONTENTS Table of Contents .......................................................................................................... 3 History of the CSDP Olympiad ................................................................................ 5 History of the Vasil Levski NMU, Veliko Tarnovo ........................................... 8 OPENING CEREMONY SPEECHES ....................................................................... 10 Speech of the Deputy-Minister of the Bulgarian Presidency of the EU Council ................................................................................................................ 10 CSDP Olympiad 2018 – Speech of the Chairman of the IG .......................... 13 Speech of the Head of the ESDC ............................................................................. 15 Speech of the Minister of Defence ......................................................................... 17 Speech of the Deputy – Mayor of Veliko Tarnovo .......................................... 20 Speech of the Rector of the Vasil Levski NMU ................................................. 23 BEST ESSAYS ................................................................................................................. 26 Matthias Kern, Austria ............................................................................................... 26 Nikola Savic, Austria ................................................................................................... 42 Yannick Van Bogaert, Belgium................................................................................ 55 Christian Kurz, Austria ............................................................................................... 71 Kacper Kasprzak, Poland .......................................................................................... 86 Karlotta Weck, Germany ........................................................................................... 103 Florian Berger, Austria .............................................................................................. 118 Jakub Nyéki, Slovakia .................................................................................................. 132 Robin Kinnunen, Estonia ........................................................................................... 144 Santiago Cuartero, Spain ........................................................................................... 157 RESULTS OF THE ESSAY PRESENTATIONS .................................................. 178 TEAM KNOWLEDGE COMPETITION ................................................................. 179 INDIVIDUAL KNOWLEDGE COMPETITION .................................................. 181 COVER PAGE DESIGN COMPETITION .............................................................. 183 AWARD AND CLOSING CEREMONY .................................................................. 184 3 MESSAGES ...................................................................................................................... 188 Words of the winner of the 4th CSDP Olympiad .............................................. 188 Words of the winner of the paper competition ............................................... 190 Words of the winner of the cover page competition .................................... 192 SUPPORT ........................................................................................................................ 195 ANNEXES ......................................................................................................................... 196 Annex 1: Topics for the 4th CSDP Olympiad ...................................................... 196 Annex 2: Countries and institutions in the 4th CSDP Olympiad ................ 197 Annex 3: Website of the 4th CSDP Olympiad ..................................................... 199 4 HISTORY OF THE CSDP OLYMPIAD The 1st CSDP OLYMPIAD was organised in the context of Cyprus contribution to the European Initiative for the Exchange of Young Officers Inspired by Erasmus Program. The main goal of the CSDP OLYMPIAD was to give the cadets the basic knowledge about CSDP, providing them with the incentive to study accordingly, in order to write a paper on CSDP, and to compete with cadets from other Member States in a CSDP knowledge Competition. The 1st CSDP Olympiad was held in Cyprus from 3 to 5 October 2012. It was attended by 11 countries. Following the 1st Olympiad's success, a decision was made to hold the competition every two years. The awarded students, per category, are as follows: a) The Single Competition Winner and 1st CSDP Olympiad Winner – Thomas Van Hoecke (The Belgian Military Academy), b) Best Paper Winner – Andrea Patrignani (Scuola di Applicazione e Istituto Studi Militari dell Esercito, Italy), c) Best Cover Winner – Stefan Haubner & Martin Engleitner (The Theresan Military Academy, Austria). Participants in the 1st CSDP OLYMPIAD 2012 5 The 2nd CSDP OLYMPIAD was attended by 35 Military Academy students from 13 countries who, during the first cycle of the competition, submitted papers on selected topics related to Common Security and Defence Policy. During the final phase, hosted in Athens (Greece), at the Military Academy premises, 29 students from 11 countries (Greece, Cyprus, Austria, Italy, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Belgium, Spain, France and Germany) qualified. The CSDP Olympiad was organised by the Hellenic National Defence General Staff and took place from 7 to 9 May 2014. The awarded students, per category, were as follows: a) The Single Competition Winner and 2nd Olympiad winner - Paolo Faneli (Italy), b) Best Paper Winner - Gonzalo Vallespin Terry (Spain), c) Best Cover Winner - Manuel Kurbantfinski (Austria). Participants in the 2nd CSDP OLYMPIAD 2014 The 3rd CSDP OLYMPIAD was attended by 48 Military Academy students from 15 EU member states who, during the first cycle of the competition, submitted papers on selected topics related to Common Security and Defence Policy. During the final phase, hosted in Liptovský Mikuláš (Slovakia) at the Armed Forces Academy of General M.R.Štefánik, 6 41 students from 15 countries (Austria, Cyprus, Greece, Estonia, Italy, Ireland, Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Romania, Slovakia, Belgium, Spain, France and Germany) qualified. The CSDP Olympiad was organised by the Armed Forces Academy of General M.R.Štefánik and took place from 4 to 7 October 2016. The awarded students, per category, were as follows: a) The Single Competition Winner and 3rd Olympiad winner - Joaqín Alfaro Pérez, Spain b) Best Paper Winner: John Michael NEVIN, Ireland c) Best Cover Winner: Sebastian Enache IONUT, Romania. Participants in the 3rd CSDP OLYMPIAD 7 HISTORY OF THE VASIL LEVSKI NMU, VELIKO TARNOVO Vasil Levski National Military University is the heir of the rich traditions in the field of military education and a successor of the first military school in Bulgaria. This was established on 26 November 1878, before Bulgaria had its government, before convening of the Constituent Assembly and before the adoption of the Tarnovo Constitution. With the 23 April 1924 Edict of King Boris III the military school was recognized as an institution of higher specialized education. At that time there were only four schools of higher education in Bulgaria – the Sofia University, the Free University for political and economic studies, the Arts Academy and the National Music Academy. The mission of Vasil Levski National Military University is to contribute to its graduates’ moral, mental and physical strength and growth, to imbue them with the ideals of patriotism, duty and honour, to form them as personalities and leaders capable of developing and implementing scientific knowledge, of managing social and special structures in peacetime and in crises, and of taking part in national and multinational projects aiming at maintenance of security, peacekeeping, and prosperity of the society. Main Tasks of "Vasil Levski" National Military University: - Training of cadets towards Bachelor’s Degree; - Training of civilian students towards Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees - Training towards acquisition of Doctor’s degrees; - Training of officers in post graduate courses; - Carrying out scientific and applied research; - Publishing, cultural and sports activities. 8 NMU has also been assigned by the MoD to perform additional tasks to the interest of the country’s defense: - NCO training and target qualification courses; - Training of career personnel for the needs of the Armed Forces. Vasil Levski NMU holds an institutional accreditation awarded by the National Assessment and Accreditation Agency for a period of 6 years with assessment rating “Very Good”. All professional fields in which the university provides degrees have been accredited and so have 15 of the university scientific