EN
The basic feautures of the security policy environment are influenced by two main tendencies, which mutually influence each other. On the one hand, the integrative and desintegrative tendencies of powergroups which take the burden of world security, and on the other hand the tendencies that can be found in hot spots are responsible for the quality of security. The author reviews in the light of the tendencies characterizing security policy environment, the most important questions of national defence policy, the process of military restructuring and the main components of military development.