Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(B2) In 2005, after violent riots fueled by the drafting of a Constitution and the preparation of elections[1], the United Nations requested European assistance to strengthen the UN mission for stabilization in the Congo
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(B2 in Warsaw) Former Chief of Staff of the Air Force, General Denis Mercier is today Commander of Alliance Transformation (ACT). One of NATO's most emblematic posts since he is in charge
Read(B2) Recently published: China, a potential partner for international security * European humanitarian aid in the Congo: not always well assessed * Suspicious ship on the horizon! José-Manuel Barroso gets paid
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(B2) The next EU-China summit, to be held in Beijing on July 12-13, will be dominated by economic issues. But the security dimension should not be absent, as evidenced by the agenda (see
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(B2) The European Court of Auditors delivered, on Monday 4 July, a very balanced report on European humanitarian aid in the African Great Lakes region. While aid management is "fairly effective",
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(B2 in Warsaw) At the end of the NATO summit in Warsaw on Saturday (July 9), French President François Hollande detailed what can be analyzed as a turning point in the French position on the
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(B2) A NATO summit is an opportunity for so many positions to be taken, commitments to be made, bilateral acts to be signed… The Warsaw summit did not escape this maxim. Statements, meetings A meeting of the Quint. Faithful to
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(B2 in Warsaw) The Warsaw summit was an opportunity for the member countries of the Atlantic Alliance to salute the success of its reactivity plan (RAP or Readiness Action Plan) defined at the summit of
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(B2 in Warsaw) “We are united”. This is the message that the Heads of State and Government of the Atlantic Alliance wanted to convey during their summit meeting on 8 and 9 July in the capital
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(B2) Faced with the offensive of the Islamic State organization (Daesh) in Iraq, an Arab-Western coalition was (re)formed in 2014 in what is called the second civil war (or war of Levant). She was then little
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(B2 in Warsaw) The NATO-EU joint declaration, signed on Friday 8 July by Jens Stoltenberg, Jean-Claude Juncker and Donald Tusk ahead of the Warsaw Summit, aims to give "new impetus and content" to the partnership
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(BRUSSELS2) For his (normally) last trip to European soil, US President Barack Obama gave two pieces of advice to Europeans: "Stay firm" against Russia, "Stay firm" against the
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(B2) According to an initial estimate made for NATO, the allies (excluding the USA – Europeans and Canada) will increase defense spending by 3% in 2016, i.e. an additional amount of $8 billion
Read(B2) Recently published: The mandate of EUPOL Copps and EUBAM Rafah extended by one year * N°39. NATO's anti-missile shield The pessimistic Quartet on a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict * Brexit backwards
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(B2) The decision was a little late. The mandate of the two EU missions present in Palestine (EUPOL Copps and EUBAM Rafah) has finally been extended, retroactively to 1 July, for an additional year until
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(B2) Awaited for several months, the report by the Quartet (United States, European Union, Russia and UN) on recent developments in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was finally published on Friday (July 1). This 7-page report sets out
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(B2) The NATO Summit in Warsaw will have a clandestine guest: Brexit. The United Kingdom's departure from the European Union should be the subject of many discussions at the summit, in the room and in the
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(B2) The Heads of State and Government are meeting on July 8 and 9, 2016 in Warsaw for a new, highly symbolic summit. Many subjects have been approved, largely prepared during the
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(B2) The NATO summit in Warsaw on July 8-9 is to approve NATO's 'Initial Operational Capability' (IOC) for Ballistic Missile Defense (DAMB) (see box). So far only one
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