In mid-2012 the Foreign Ministers of Italy, Poland, Spain and Sweden took the initiative to launch the debate on a “European Global Strategy” and invited think tanks to set up […]
The December 2013 European Council will address the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP). Pooling & Sharing of military capabilities will be high on the agenda. What should be expected […]
Three major geopolitical events are putting the stability of the Eastern Mediterranean at risk. Most of the region is in a deep monetary and economic crisis. The Arab Spring is […]
As French forces are engaged in combat operations in Mali, even belated EU involvement remains crucial, to ensure that the intervention fits in with the political end-state that the EU […]
Other publications
This chapter looks critically at the complex yet overlooked relationship between the European Union (EU) and two regional organisations from Central and South Asia: the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and […]
Studia Diplomatica
-European External Action Service: towards the 2013 review, Hylke Dijkstra -High level representation, Marc Franco -The high-level representation of the EU in the G20, Juha Jokela -Reviewing the EU’s crisis […]
Twelve European countries have joined the European Intervention Initiative, which was launched by French President Macron in September 2017. The ultimate aim of EI2 is to develop a shared strategic […]
Seminar on the occasion of the centenary of Belgian-Finnish diplomatic relations & of Finland’s Presidency of the Council of the EU.
Why did the US pursue, from the perspective of Structural Realism, an underactive grand strategy towards China in 1991-2011, but a more optimal strategy in 2011-2018? In a very permissive […]
One of the most rapidly developing nations of Southeast Asia, Vietnam is an extremely promising market for the European Union. There is huge potential for trade in both directions across […]