This article proposes an overview of the evolution of the concept of strategic partnerships, from its origins to the September 2010 extraordinary European Council meeting focussed on this topic.
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If the term ‘Cooperative Security’ is rarely used in European Union (EU) parlance, it is at the heart of the EU’s approach to security as expressed in its 2003 European […]
Part II of the Security Brief on the Russian proposals for a New Security Architecture for Europe focuses on the Russian drafts for a “European Security Treaty” and for an […]
This paper discusses a number of long-term global trends that are likely to affect the ambition of the EU to be a global actor. Being or becoming a global power […]
The US rightly has great expectations of the EU, especially now that the Lisbon Treaty has entered into force. Washington should not hesitate to encourage the more Atlantic-oriented EU members […]
Studia Diplomatica
– Two logics, one treaty: the Lisbon Treaty and EU foreign policy in Brussels and at the UN, Katie Verlin Laatikainen and Anne Degrand-Guillaud – Russia as an aspiring power […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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