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.
Early 2021, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will take over the rotating Presidency of the African Union (AU). At the initiative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of […]
POSTPONED Conference on the strategic autonomy of the EU, with Pierre Delsaux (Deputy Director-General, DG Defence Industry and Space, European Commission), Lieutenant-General Rudy Debaene (National Armaments Director, Belgium), and Georges […]
The recording of this event is available here. In March 2020 the European Commission adopted a series of initiatives in order to restore Europe’s leadership in industries that will be […]
With Ambassador Marc Pecsteen de Buytswerve, Permanent Representative of Belgium to the UN in New York until July 2020 Under the United Nations Charter, the Security Council has primary responsibility […]