Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(B2) Recently published: On the agenda of the European Council (June 22 and 23) Progress in Ukraine, but reforms must continue (Kestutis Lančinskas) Ivory Coast wants to take its place on the international scene.
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(B2) The rupture is consummated between Berlin and Ankara. The visit to Turkey on Monday (June 5) by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sigmar Gabriel, to obtain from his Turkish counterparts the possibility for the deputies of 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) 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) Recently published: The Fifth Republic changes. Power passes to Parliament? (blog) Train without equipping! It's like pouring water without a glass (blog) The US army sets up its HQ for the operation
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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).
Read(B2) Recently published: The new head of German diplomacy: an outspoken follower Two Russian bombers intercepted by French fighters (blog) The new ministers of Foreign Affairs and defense
Read(B2) Recently published: The advisory mission to the Ukrainian security forces “EUAM Ukraine” Review of B2 in 2016… and projects for 2017 (blog) In Malta, Europeans are committed
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(B2) In a speech which is not yet a farewell speech but which is already an assessment speech, the French Minister of Defense, Jean-Yves Le Drian, wanted to take stock of
Read(B2) Recently published: The EU and NATO want to define the markers of a renewed cooperation. Objective: to overcome the ghosts of the past Sea Guardian: a limited-scale operation (blog) EUTM Mali's priorities: re-training,
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(B2 in Strasbourg) The European Parliament calls for a better fight against the "propaganda" distilled by Russia as well as the terrorist organization of the Islamic State (Daesh). “Our societies are the target of hostile propaganda and
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(B2) The French and British Ministers of Defense welcomed, during the Franco-British Council held on Wednesday and Thursday (16 / 17 November) in Paris, the deepening of their cooperation in the field of missiles, in
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(B2) While the offensive to retake Mosul is on everyone's mind, the Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, is on the move in Europe where he is having more meetings. In Brussels to meet the head of the
Read(B2) Recently published: A Czech envoy to Syria to open the dialogue? *Poland plays empty chair policy at meetings of defense ministers*Coastguard training
Read(B2) The European Union has decided to supplement its system of “sanctions” on terrorism. On Tuesday (20 September), it adopted a new instrument allowing the autonomous implementation of sanctions (freezing of
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(B2) At European level, while all European countries more or less share the need for political engagement against Daesh (Organization of the Islamic State or ISIL or ISIS), military engagement in the coalition led
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(B2) Gathered in Maryland on July 20 and 21, those responsible for the fight against Daesh made Mosul (the second largest city in Iraq) and Raqqa (Syria) their priority objectives from now on. If the call
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(B2) If optimism “rightly reigns” at the military level, “we must not let ourselves be distracted” warns Rosamaria Gili. "Daesh is capable of mutating" in the face of change on the
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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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