Europe deploys towards a civil-military strategy for CSDP
Why does Europe develop the military and civilian capabilities that it does? Why does it undertake the military and civilian operations that it does? And why in other cases does […]
Why does Europe develop the military and civilian capabilities that it does? Why does it undertake the military and civilian operations that it does? And why in other cases does […]
The number and lethality of conflicts has been declining significantly since the end of the Cold War, but five new armed conflicts still break out each year. While costly peace-making, […]
General Perruche identifies which elements would be required to craft a strategy for the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy, and why in the EU this exercise is particularly difficult. […]
On 23 May, the Ministers of Defence of the EU27 will assess the first outcome of the “Ghent Framework” for pooling & sharing of military capabilities. While some defence establishments […]
In September 2010, the European Council discussed for the first time the European Union’s (EU) strategic partnerships, a foreign policy concept that was until then unknown to most people – […]
Commentaries
This short blog entry reviews the EU’s development and implementation of its so-called ‘strategic partnerships’. It summarizes the main findings of Egmont Paper 45.
Lunch debate with Prof.Dr. Luk Van Langenhove and former Minister-President Luc Van Den Brande and Marc Franco, Hon.Ambassador. Onze globaliserende wereld verkent zijn institutionele bedding. België is niet het enige […]
Egmont, the Royal Higher Institute for Defence and the International Institute for
Conference with Prof. Barry Posen (MIT). As the focus of American strategy is pivoting from Europa to Asia, the question is what the implications are for the European security architecture. […]
Asia is facing a great number of security challenges, traditional ones such as border disputes but also less traditional ones. Although some of these challenges can be addressed primarily and […]