Commentaries
Nasty weather conditions for NATO’s 2019 leaders meeting
The 29 Heads of State and Government of NATO will hold a Leaders Meeting in London on 4 December. Note that it is only a “meeting” and not a regular […]
European defence / NATO
Publications
The EU or NATO: That is not the question
The European security architecture does not resemble a Le Corbusier or Oscar Niemeyer design. It is not a neatly planned whole in which every component elegantly and effectively fulfils a […]
Commentaries
Turkey and Syria: absent a European strategy, blame Trump
The European Union and its Member States blame US President Donald Trump for withdrawing American troops from Northern Syria, thus paving the way for Turkey to send its armed forces […]
Commentaries
Connectivity with Consent: The EU in Eurasia
On 27 September 2019, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and outgoing Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker opened the first EU-Asia Connectivity Forum by signing a partnership on sustainable connectivity. This marks […]
Commentaries
A geopolitical European Commission: a powerful strategy?
The “geopolitical commission” that President-elect Ursula von der Leyen announced implies, most importantly, that the EU has to adapt to a world of great powers. As the new EU leadership […]
Commentaries
Commentary: An EU Security Council and a European Commissioner for Security and Defence: the final pieces of the Union’s Common Security and Defence Policy puzzle?
These last few years the EU has taken considerable steps to give more substance to its Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP). Nearly all the pieces of the puzzle are […]
Events
The United Nations and counter-terrorism
— CANCELLED — Assistant Secretary-General Michèle Coninsx, Executive Director of the United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) will discuss the UN’s role in counter-terrorism, and current terrorism […]
The Military Balance 2020
With: Dr. Bastian Giegerich, Director of Defence and Military Analysis Henry Boyd, Research Fellow for Defence and Military Analysis Nick Childs, Senior Fellow for Naval Forces and Maritime Security Meia […]
CaMo: The Ultimate Form of Interoperability?
The CaMo partnership (Capacité Motorisée) between France and Belgium will see the total reequipment of the Belgian land forces through the acquisition of 382 Griffon multi-role armoured vehicles and 60 […]
European Security Force Assistance and the rise of Great Power Competition
The use of Security Force Assistance (SFA) is commonly perceived as a cost-efficient foreign policy tool. Training and equipping security forces in partner states are presented as a means to […]