Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(B2) The European presence in Africa within the framework of CSDP missions is about to be redistributed. The project is on the table. This will be one of the big issues at the Foreign Affairs Council on June 20.
Read(B2) The desire for “European strategic autonomy” designed on a French model of military, industrial and strategic autonomy is being undermined by the war in Ukraine and the will of other European countries. A rapprochement
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(B2) This weekend fiction caught up with reality. CBRN threat training in a NATO exercise echoes the threat stirred up in the military conflict in Ukraine. Coincidence of the calendar, our reporter
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(B2) Civilian CSDP missions are in the middle of the ford. Some have more than limited results. Others find themselves heckled in the field by political difficulties or criticism of their
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(B2) The victory of the Taliban, followed by the hasty withdrawal of Westerners from Afghanistan will leave its mark on the back-to-school meetings of the Ministers of the Interior (exceptional), and of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and
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(B2) The announced end of Operation Barkhane, shortly before the NATO summit, does not mean the departure of French troops from Mali. Simply the third transformation of the operation started in 2013 under the
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(B2) Josep Borrell is in Rome this Thursday, at Operation Irini headquarters. To blow out the first candle of this operation, which ensures international control of the arms embargo on Libya.
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(B2) After the end-of-year relief from the agreement reached with the United Kingdom, the first hitches are coming. Refusal to grant diplomatic status to the ambassador of the European Union in London. And, above all, competition for delivery
Read(B2) Without firing a shot, the defense ministers approved Friday (20.11) a flick for the EDA budget. A continuous increase since 2019 This is the first time that the ministerial discussion has taken place
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(B2) Far from calming down, the atmosphere is getting heavier between Turkey and France, and therefore with the European Union. The question could rebound at the European summit on October 29. The first mailing this morning contained a few errors.
Read(B2) The first working session will be devoted to sharing the burden of deterrence, the resilience of the Alliance, the second to NATO missions and operations, in particular that in Iraq Just before the
Read(B2) The observation of SIPRI* is clear: we had not seen so much money invested in the military for more than thirty years. Supporting figures, it is Europe that has increased its spending the most,
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(B2) Defense expenditure according to the NATO definition is counted according to a definition adopted at the NATO level as a "payment made by a national government for the express purpose of meeting the
Read(B2) Recently published: Is a 'confidential defence' report subject to copyright. An apparently absurd, but very concrete question (blog) Operation Kipion: the reinforced presence of the Royal Navy in the Gulf.
Read(B2) Recently released: The Court confirms the Tribunal's position on Iranian shipping companies. For the form… The creation of Instex: a politically strong gesture (Le Drian). Iran must respect its commitments: Maas
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(B2 at NATO HQ) According to the latest defense spending estimates released by NATO on the eve of the Brussels summit (July 11-12), all allies except Canada are expected to
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(B2 at the NATO Summit) It was expected. US President Donald Trump made a splash on the first day of the Atlantic Alliance summit on Wednesday (July 11)
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(B2) On the eve of the opening of the Brussels summit on Wednesday afternoon (July 11), NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg sought to defuse a difficult debate – about burden sharing between
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(B2) President Donald Trump is coming to Brussels for the NATO summit on July 11-12. He has every intention of lecturing his European and Canadian allies on their defense spending,
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