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Can European strategy cope?
If we want to avoid large mistakes, we have to have the courage to ask large questions – and to consider the difficult answers. Sven Biscop gives us a taste […]
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If we want to avoid large mistakes, we have to have the courage to ask large questions – and to consider the difficult answers. Sven Biscop gives us a taste […]
Carleton University organised a workshop on the EU’s strategic partnerships in April 2015, gathering some of the most prominent experts on the topic. On this occasion, Thomas Renard gave a […]
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The terrorist attacks in Paris, on 13 November, and the unprecedented terror alert in Brussels over the past days have raised a number of interrogations, in Europe and beyond, on […]
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Sea power: not a concept many would associate with the EU. Yet it was put to the fore at the very start of the Maritime Security Conference organized by the […]
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The idea for a European ‘white book’ on defence is again gaining traction, but Sven Biscop argues that it must become an integral part of the work on an European […]
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Brussels woke up with a terror hangover this Monday morning. The threat level remains at its highest level (level 4),
The Royal Institute for International Relations invites you to a high level conference on Thursday October 23, 2014 from 18:30 to 19:30: Foreign fighters in the Islamic Caliphate: What can the […]
Europe is surrounded by an arch of instability. Russia’s aggression in the East and the spread of radicalism, fundamentalism and instability in the Sahel, North Africa and the Middle East […]
EUPOL DRC – Impact on SSR and future prospects. Arrivée au terme de son mandat, la Mission de Police de l’Union Européenne en République Démocratique du Congo (EUPOL RD Congo) […]
The maritime domain and its security environment is complex, rapidly evolving and increasingly unpredictable. It has significant impact on global security and influences upon commerce, transportation and energy supply. Maritime […]