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Month: April 2019

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Notebook (05.04.2019). Confidential (EU-UN terrorism, rural Africa). PESC (European diplomacy, Bank Mellat). Operations (KFOR Albania). Defense (USA-Hungary agreement, Bulgarian Air Force, USA-Turkey F-35). Diplomacy (Venezuela defiance, Algeria transition, Nagorno-Karabakh…

(B2) Recently published: Haftar's offensive on Tripoli worries Europeans (blog) Waxing of pumps widespread in Washington. Donald, the little father of the Alliance Alert! The calls for proposals for the program of

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Head of the European Defense Agency Jorge Domecq and European Commissioner for Industry Elżbieta Bieńkowska, before the launch of the Defense Research Preparatory Action (Credit: European Commission, May 2017 / B2 Archives)
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[Interview] European Defense Fund: the Agency remains an irreplaceable place for developing projects (Jorge Domecq)

(B2 – exclusive) As a European Defense Fund for 2021 looms, the European Defense Agency remains the best place to bring together the intergovernmental spirit which is the rule in the

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Jens Stoltenberg, during his visit to Poland in early March. Here with Polish President Andrzej Duda who in 2018 suggested paying to host a permanent US military base. (NATO)
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NATO invests in Poland… in support of the Americans

(B2) As NATO prepares to celebrate its 70th anniversary, it is indeed its flank with Russia that it wants to strengthen a little further. The Alliance will finance the construction of a military infrastructure for the parking of equipment

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Notebook (03.04.2019). Confidential (CAF, COPS). CFSP (Libya sanctions, OPCW support). Operations (Mopti Cesna aircraft, MONUSCO extension). Defense (Belgium CAMO, Finland intrusion, UK Expeditionary Force). Diplomacy (Presidential Ukraine, EU China dialogue,…

(B2) Recently published: Defense Industrial Development Programme: calls for proposals soon to be published. Details (blog) A military doctor killed in Mali by an IED (blog) Farewell to ships in the Mediterranean

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Notebook (01.04.2019). Confidential (COPS, NATO budget, EU-Pakistan). Operations (Manusom). Defense (Defense products list, Belgium training, France super-computer). Diplomacy (Iran ballistic missiles, Libya Quartet, EU-Arab League, EU-Iraq reconstruction, Yemen return…

(B2) Recently published: (April 1) Brexit or not, the Queen of England will remain a European citizen (editorial) European defence: stop declaiming, let's detail! (blog) Four million euros invested for the security forces

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