Day: February 2st, 2021

Navalny's denunciation of Putin's Palace, in a video viewed more than 100 million times, has quite annoyed the Kremlin (credit: YouTube Navalny)

Navalny sentenced to prison for several years. Europeans criticize the verdict and Putin

Nicolas Gros Verheyde ,  8 min read

(B2) Following the announcement of a substantial prison sentence for the Russian political opponent, reactions are pouring in. Unacceptable, grotesque, surprising, dubious, cynical, perverse... the whole range of words is used. If several...

The new corvette or light frigate will be intended to replace a whole series of ships, starting with the Floréal-type light frigates (credit: EMA / DICOD)

[PESCO project] European Patrol Corvette, the future patrol boat for European navies?

Nicolas Gros Verheyde ,  ,  ,  7 min read

(B2) This project is one of the most structuring for the future of European navies. The European patrol corvette, or multi-task light frigate, could be the basic ship for several…

[Notebook 02.02.2021]. Confidential. Defense. Equipment. Operations. Doctrine. Diplomacy. Penalties. Crisis areas. Human rights. Neighborhood. Security. Powers. People

Emmanuelle Stroesser ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  11 min read

(B2) Dialogue between Syrians is still struggling to establish itself in Geneva. Nearly ten years after the start of the civil conflict, the subject is back on the table of European ambassadors...