01266nas a2200181   4500000000100000000000100001000000100002008004100003653000900044653001900053653002300072653002100095653002000116653001900136100001800155245010100173520081000274       2018                            d10aCSDP10acyber security10aEU global strategy10aEuropean defence10ahybrid conflict10amilitary ethos1 aTodor Tagarev00aKey Issues in the Implementation of the EU Global Strategy and the Evolution of European Defence3 aIn his opening remarks to the session on “CSDP and Implementation of the EU Global Strategy” of the Inter-Parliamentary Conference for the Common Foreign and Security Policy and the Common Security and Defence Policy, 15-17 February 2018, Sofia, the author outlines three key issues: The necessary cooperation, and on some matters – close coordination, between the European Union and NATO on defence matters; the need to maintain cohesion and the popular support for the European defence across EU, which requires proportionate and balanced contribution by and inclusion of all member states; and, given the proliferation of roles and missions of the armed forces, the need to remember what constitutes the core of the military profession and making sure that the ethos of the military is preserved.