EUROPE: INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE FOR SECURITY SINCE THE PEACE OF WESTPHALIA

The present work seeks to carry out a succinct revision of the most significant events in the long historical process that have determined the institutional structure for the security in Europe from the Peace of Westphalia. Europe is the region of the world with the highest level of coordination and multilateral cooperation. The idiosyncrasy and the spirit of cooperation of the European States is based on the long common history process and on the general understanding that an efficient institutional framework is the best guarantee for security, as well as the economic and political cooperation among the States, which enhance the European peace and prosperity.