01153nas a2200157   4500000000100000000000100001000000100002008004100003260008100044653001900125100001900144700001800163700001600181245007400197520072400271       2011                            d  cJanuary 2012bInstitute of Information and Communication TechnologiesaSofia10aIT4Sec reports1 aValeri Ratchev1 aTodor Tagarev1 aUwe Nelrich00aTowards the exploration of future EU roles as a global security actor3 aIT4Sec Reports 92 is an internal deliverable within the FOCUS project summarising the input by CSDM and CESS (Centre for European Security Strategies) to working package 6.1. It suggests a way to describe future EU roles as a global security actor. It then provides a comprehensive analysis of the principal trends in global security and identifies essential drivers of change, examining also specific challenges and strategic shocks that may steer global developments to one or another alternative future. Finally, it presents a framework for exploring EU global security roles, incorporating a concept of the global EU power and examination of the external-internal nexus in the EU Common Foreign and Security Policy.