Interview with Sven Biscop on EU grand strategy
in Ideas on Europe – European Geostrategy, 26 Aug. 2012. (Photo credit: ALDE-ADLE)
EU strategy and foreign policy
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The EU and its strategic partners: a critical assessment of the EU’s strategic partnerships
This new Handbook brings together key experts on European security from the academic and policy worlds to examine the European Union (EU) as an international security actor. In the two […]
Books
Routledge Handbook of European Security
The emergence of new powers fundamentally questions the traditional views on international relations, multilateralism or security as a range of countries now competes for regional and global leadership – economically, […]
EU grand strategy: optimism is mandatory
The Arab Spring, the American pivot, and the global crisis: these affect all of EU external action, but also present opportunities for EU action. A debate on grand strategy remains […]
Studia Diplomatica
Vol. LXV, Issue 2 (2012): The Quest for Convergence
-The quest for convergence. Policy transfer in an interconnected world, Nienke de Deugd and Gerda van Roozendaal -Is the European Union capable of leadership in global climate change politics?, Menno […]
Commentaries
A strategic Union to cope with the multipolar challenge
How can Europe cope with the multipolar challenge? Europe must act collectively in order to “punch its weight” on the global stage, as it is often said. The empowerment of […]
Events
European Strategy, European Defence and the CSDP
Which responsibilities does Europe want to assume as a security provider outside its borders? Which military level of ambition does that political ambition entail? And what should the Common Security […]
Germany’s new Ostpolitik and Russia: from strategic partnership to geopolitical competition?
The vagaries of Chancellor Merkel’s policy towards Russia over the past year, from friend and honest broker to stern enforcer of sanctions and then to prime mover of the Minsk-2 […]
The crisis in Ukraine and the future of European security
The consensus on the foundations of European security has gradually eroded in recent years. The current crisis in and around Ukraine that has challenged the fundamental principles of international order […]
The European Union and the Comprehensive Approach: the case of crises in Africa
This event is by invitation only. Working languages are English and French, with simultaneous translation.