EU training for civilian CSDP – which coherence?
This brief aims to assess the coherence of the training initiatives taken at the EU level in the field of the civilian dimension of the Common Security and Defence Policy […]
European defence / NATO
Publications
Which strategy for CSDP?
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. […]
Death of an institution. The end for Western European Union, a future for European defence
On 31 March 2010 the ten Member States of Western European Union (WEU) announced that the last organs, staffs and activities of that institution would be laid to rest by […]
Pooling & sharing: from slow march to quick march?
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 […]
Studia Diplomatica
Vol. LXIV, Issue 2 (2011)
– The EU’s comprehensive approach to security: a culture of co-ordination?, Magriet Drent – The EU, NATO and the Lisbon Treaty: still divided within a common city, Simon Duke – […]
Commentaries
A long term-strategy for Libya and the Mediterranean: over to the European Union
in The New Atlanticist, 3 Oct. 2011. (Photo credit: Burmesedays, Wikimedia Commons)
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 […]