Rozwój współczesnych narzędzi bezpieczeństwa

The author pays attention to the current problems of development of collective security tools, particularly focusing on the structures of such mechanisms, which form the basis of the European states’ security. The article analyzes changes in perception of real threats in order to present current directions of building adequate defence tools and mechanisms. Dynamic and areas in which political, social and economic changes take place, bring new assessments of contemporary threats. When the Cold War ended, the European states based their vision of security on NATO an EU. They had a traditional approach to NATO as the safest and the most reliable political and military structure, which was supposed to become their refuge of safety. The European Union, on the other hand, guaranteed political and economic development of the countries. The author analyzed the changes which took place in this area.