Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(B2) This Tuesday symbolizes the 100 days of the European elections. The campaign becomes more visible. The candidates are clearly emerging. The agenda for the European Parliament plenary this week in Strasbourg demonstrates this. A
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(B2) Strengthening Japan's defense interests Europeans. Not sure that they are doing well as illustrated by a B2 report on site. Interesting a few months before the Washington NATO summit
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(B2) If a majority of the European Parliament truly supports the development of European defense, logic would dictate that it should mark this determination by establishing a full-fledged commission. To assert yourself in front of the Council and
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(B2) One of the first consequences of the Hamas attack against Israel, on the European side, is turning against the Palestinians, with the announced re-examination of development aid. But obviously in haste and confusion. A
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(B2) In Ukraine, Russia's military intervention leaves no respite for the second consecutive summer. But tensions remain high elsewhere, particularly in Africa. The military coup in Niamey is thus a
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(B2) The NATO summit which opens in Vilnius is proving to be more complicated than that of Madrid which celebrated the return of the Alliance with great fanfare. The Allies are divided in particular on the pace of accession
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(B2) By tackling the circumvention of European sanctions taken against Russia, the 27 will have to confront certain shameless relations between trade and diplomacy… DEFENSE POLICY Defense funds © Volet munitions.
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(B2) Friends of the qualified majority will probably start their first meeting on Monday drinking whey. The Hungarian veto on a set of sensitive decisions gives them a strong argument.
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(B2) Slowly but surely, the European Union is opening up its defense initiatives to its NATO partners. Evidenced by the signing of an agreement with the USA within the European Defense Agency. Or the association of
Read(B2) The Council decided on Monday (14 November) to impose additional restrictive measures against ten natural persons and one entity linked to the proliferation of chemical weapons in Russia, as well as in Syria. A decision, made
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(B2) China will be one of the Chiefs' strategic focuses at the next European Council. A fundamental point because the Europeans will have to, willingly or unwillingly, revise their relations with Beijing. The Russian War
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(B2) Finland's reflection on NATO membership is taking a new step, which takes it a little further away from its neutrality. If this move is finalized, the Russian president will have lost a strategic battle
Read(B2) The response to chemical weapons use in Ukraine will not necessarily be military. This is clear when you read the different American and European interventions on the subject, during the NATO summit.
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(B2) Like a dizzying pendulum system, the focus shifts from Ukraine to the Sahel, from Mozambique to outer space. With a recurring actor, Russia. In the spotlight: the Sahel is burning A G5
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(B2) After the elections in the Czech Republic, no less than six governments in Europe are now in a transition phase (Germany, Bulgaria, Netherlands, Romania, Sweden). Not to mention Austria, which has just changed chancellor after a
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(B2) The destruction of stockpiles of chemical weapons is on track. But everything remains to be done for the rest, warns the director of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Fernando Arias Gonzalez, the director of the OPCW
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(B2) Russian troops are increasing on Ukraine's borders and ceasefire violations follow one another in the east of the country. Between provoking the kyiv government, testing the American reaction of the newly elected Joe Biden,
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(B2) The political outcome to the Syrian conflict is also being played out in Russia, Europe and the United States. Syria's opposition fears Bashar al-Assad's regime will seize presidential elections to further stifle prospects
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(B2) While the world (Ukraine, China, Libya, Syria, etc.) is roaring, and the Covid-19 crisis is not over, Europe is inventing an institutional crisis of which it has the secret. Between Charles Michel and Ursula von
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