Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(B2) The objective of devoting 2% of gross domestic product to defense is above all a political objective among the Allies of the Atlantic Alliance. This objective is written in a general and political way in the
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(B2) We remember that when he came to Brussels for the NATO summit, American President Donald Trump did not want to reaffirm transatlantic solidarity in a frank manner (Read: First visit of
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(B2) For her first public intervention in an international forum, the French Minister of the Armed Forces, Florence Parly, insisted on the necessary cooperation between the European Union and NATO. European action is “complementary
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(B2) Instead of reducing its troops, NATO will “increase our presence in Afghanistan”. Fifteen members of the Alliance, engaged in the “Resolute Support” mission, have already given the green light for the deployment of troops
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(B2) Burden sharing is in progress. This is the message that the NATO Defense Ministers want to convey to their American counterpart this Thursday (June 29 in Brussels). THE
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(B2) Cooperation between the European Union and NATO is in good shape. This is the whole meaning of the report that the High Representative will defend to the Heads of State and Government on 22 June and presented, in
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(B2) The “special meeting” of NATO, this May 25, 2017, was a rather special moment. It was not really a summit, the concluding part of the Alliance being altogether limited. And the main thing happened outside
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(B2) NATO-EU relations could fill entire libraries. They involve a particularly complex interplay between the desire for autonomy and the need for assurance of Europeans, the same countries sometimes holding ambivalent, different discourses in the
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(B2) That's it, the decision is made. NATO will join the US-led international coalition against Daesh. This is the first consequence of the new action plan that the Heads of State and Government of the 28 –
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(B2) Almost a year after the NATO-EU declaration in Warsaw, despite all the very optimistic official declarations, the deepening of NATO-EU relations is advancing, millimeter by millimetre. On behalf of the 28, the Ministers of Defense have
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(B2) Should NATO become a full member of the coalition against Daesh? This is the substantive question of the meeting of NATO leaders, meeting for the first time with US President Donald Trump on Thursday
Read(B2) NATO Foreign Ministers meet exceptionally on Friday 30 March. The meeting will be very short – essentially a working session and lunch – and is essentially symbolic
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(B2) NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg presented to the press, Monday March 13, the report on the activity of his organization in 2016. The document establishes a “list of all measures taken
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(B2) A new NATO regional intelligence collection center to respond to the “jihadist threat from the Middle East and North Africa” will be launched “as soon as possible” in Naples, announced the
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(B2) Three NATO countries have decided to strengthen their defense cooperation by reaching an agreement to explore the possibility of creating a multinational command of special operations forces that would enter
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(B2) For James Mattis, the new Minister of Defense, walking the corridors of the Alliance in Brussels was a bit like a return to the past. From 2007 to 2009 he was Commander
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(B2) The meeting of NATO Defense Ministers on Wednesday 15 and Thursday 16 (February) is expected to be an intense meeting, from a political point of view, with the visit of the new Secretary of State for Defense ( James Mattis).
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(B2) The Atlantic Alliance said it was ready on Wednesday (February 1) to help Libya ensure its defense, including supporting its naval forces in the fight against migrant traffickers off the coast of
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(B2) Faced with the remarks of the almost American President Donald Trump in an interview with the Times and the Bild (see box), the Europeans wanted to display a certain stoicism. But this apparent tranquility badly hides a
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