Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(BRUSSELS2) New challenges, economic crisis: what to do with the European defense industry? The MEPs of the Foreign Affairs Committee vote this Thursday (24 October) on a draft report aimed at strengthening the Base
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(BRUSSELS2) On the sidelines of the meeting of NATO Defense Ministers, the Belgian and Dutch Defense Ministers, Pieter de Crem and Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, signed this Wednesday (23 October) a letter
Read(BRUSSELS2 to NATO) The German Defense Minister, De Maizière, for whom this is the last appearance at NATO as minister (he received his resignation the very evening of the meeting), presented to
Read(BRUSSELS2) The European Union expressed today, through Thomas Mayr-Harting, its head of delegation to the United Nations, its full willingness to get involved in the responsibility to protect, on the occasion of a debate in the assembly
Read(BRUSSELS2) Berlin and Paris sent a letter to Catherine Ashton over the summer on the Common Security and Defense Policy (CSDP). Before the substance, this text has an interest: that Berlin and
Read(BRUSSELS2) In a few minutes, the President of the Commission José-Manuel Barroso and the two Commissioners Tajani (industries) and Barnier (internal market) will present to the press the communication aimed at strengthening the security sector
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(BRUSSELS2) On the agenda of the next Foreign Affairs Council The last Council of Foreign Affairs Ministers, before the summer break, on 22 July should have a fairly heavy agenda. A
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(BRUSSELS2) New budget year, new cuts. This is how we can summarize the note, drafted jointly by Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert and Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the Dutch Ministers of Defense and Finance, and communicated to the Second Chamber
Read(BRUSSELS2) What can the European Union do in the face of the Syrian crisis? This is the question that the joint communication from the Commission and the High Representative of the EU for European Affairs attempts to answer.
Read(BRUSSELS2, exclusive) “The European Union is fully committed to maintaining its presence in Afghanistan, and even expanding it, if conditions permit. This is the meaning of a working document from the High Representative of the EU
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(BRUSSELS2) Syria, Arab Spring, Middle East Peace Process, Afghanistan, Eastern Partnership, Balkans and climate diplomacy… The Foreign Affairs Council meeting on Monday (24 May) in Luxembourg will have a busy schedule. The Secretary
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(B2 in Strasbourg) The defense industry is one of the points of the negotiation mandate for the free trade agreement that the European Commission intends to promote with the United States. More precisely, the draft mandate
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(BRUSSELS2) Even if the publication of the report by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), fanned by the Maltese daily Malta Today, does not answer all the questions, it raises some doubts. THE
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(BRUSSELS2) With the presentation at the end of the morning to the French President of the Republic of a new White Paper on Defense and Security, the French government is completing the first stage of its strategic reorganization.
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(BRUSSELS2) This last round (the tenth) will therefore have been the right one, as expected (read: Last round of negotiations Belgrade – Pristina). The negotiations between Belgrade are indeed "concluded", as
Read(BRUXELLES2) A new battlegroup schedule should be adopted soon. Defense ministers are expected to discuss it on Tuesday. And a force generation conference should follow in order to endorse or clarify the main
Read(BRUSSELS2) What are the challenges of setting up a European Battlegroup by the Visegrád Group (V4: Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic)? This is the question that the Institute is trying to answer.
Read(BRUXELLES2) -0,5% compared to 2011. Global military spending fell for the first time in 15 years to reach 1753 billion dollars in 2012 according to the study by SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research
Read(BRUSSELS2) Terrorist networks and non-state actors acquiring sophisticated maritime capabilities, particularly submarines, actors trying to spread weapons of mass destruction, piracy along the coast of
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