[Notebook 26.06.2025] European geopolitics – Defense. Diplomacy. Powers June 26, 2025 Emmanuelle Stroesser European Defense Agency, Australia, Bulgaria, COPS, air defense, Human rights, Drones, European elections, EUBAM Libya, EUBAM Rafah, EUPOL Copps, Finland, Cohesion Fund, russian gas, Russian war in Ukraine, Dual-use infrastructure, Libya, Space law, North Macedonia, Military mobility, Ammunition, NATO, Netherlands, Rearmament, transnational repression, Russia, Sanctions, Sweden 12 min read
[In brief] André Denk is the new executive director of the EDA 5 May 2025 Olivier Jehin European Defense Agency, André Denk, EDA 1 min read
[Notebook 08.04.2025] European geopolitics – Defense. Diplomacy. Powers 8 April 2025 Emmanuelle Stroesser Afghanistan, European Defense Agency, Central Asia, Balkans, Gaza strip, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cameroon, Circumvention of sanctions, COPS, International Penal Court, IHL, Customs duties, OEDIP, EUAM Iraq, EUFOR Althea, EUPM Moldova, European Peace Facility, Hungary, Iran, Japan, journalists, Montenegro, Norway, Iranian nuclear, Howitzer, NGO, Death penalty, PESCO, Multi-mission radar, DR Congo, Republika Srpska, Russia, Sanctions, Sweden, Ukraine 15 min read
[Notebook 06.02.2025] European geopolitics – Defense. Diplomacy. Powers February 6st, 2025 Emmanuelle Stroesser European Defense Agency, Austria, Chars, Munich Security Conference, Foreign Affairs Council, COPS, Presidential election, EUPOL Copps, F-35, Gaza, Russian war in Ukraine, Foreign interference, Iraq, Italy, Norway, NATO, European Parliament, DR Congo, United Kingdom, Russia, Sanctions, Marine Safety, Sky shield, Sweden, Syria, Special court, Green 11 min read
Kaja Kallas at the AED Annual Conference, Wednesday 22 January 2025 [News] No European army, but 27 armies capable of defending Europe. This is the wish of Kaja Kallas 23th January 2025 Olivier Jehin European Defense Agency, Industrial production capacities, to the defense, Ukraine War 2022, Kaja kallas, Defense white paper, NATO, Preparation for defense, Russia 6 min read
[Notebook 21.01.2025] European geopolitics – Defense. Diplomacy. Powers 21th January 2025 Emmanuelle Stroesser European Defense Agency, Humanitarian aid, Ariane 6, Fighter, Bulgaria, Rapid deployment capability, NATO Military Committee, SEDE Commission, COPS, Human rights, United States, EUBAM Rafah, EUFOR Althea, France, Gaza, Georgia, Russia-Ukraine War 2022, Israel, Lithuania, Malaysia, Norway, European Parliament, Qatargate, Russia, UNRWA 15 min read
[News] Defence Data 2023: Progress in investments, but R&T still lagging behind 4 December 2024 Olivier Jehin European Defense Agency, Defense Data 2023, Defense expenditure, Investments, Defense research 3 min read
[News] Defence spending of the Twenty-seven reaches 326 billion euros 19th November 2024 Olivier Jehin European Defense Agency, CARD, Air defense, Defense expenditure, EDA, electronic warfare, Lurking ammunition, European combat ship 3 min read
The Justus Lipsius building © NGV / B2 [Preview] Support for Ukraine and defense preparedness on the Defense Council agenda (November 19, 2024) 17th November 2024 Olivier Jehin European Defense Agency, CARD, EDA, Ukraine War 2022, PESCO, Defense preparation, Niinistö Report 4 min read
Andrius Kubilius surrounded by Borys Budka and David McAllister, after his hearing [News] Kubilius Hearing. Lithuanian Chosen as Commissioner for Defense and Space 7th November 2024 Olivier Jehin European Defense Agency, Andrius Kubilius, Defense Commissioner, Commission 2024, DG Challenges, Space, European Defense Union 8 min read
V. Orban in kyiv received by V. Zelensky (Photo: Ukrainian presidency) [Analysis] How to get around the Hungarian veto on the European Peace Facility? August 28, 2024 Nicolas Gros Verheyde European Defense Agency, Analysis, European Peace Facility, Fund for Assistance to Ukraine, Ukraine War 2022, Hungary, Peace negotiations, PESCO, Russia, military support ukraine, troika, Unanimity, Viktor Orban 10 min read
The carrier strike group in the North Sea. The first suspicious cases appear (Credit: DICOD / Army Staff) [Decryption] Moving towards a Defense Union: the ten recommendations of the “Charlemagne” group July 5, 2024 Olivier Jehin European Defense Agency, Defense Commissioner, Commission, Aerospace and Defense Ecosystem, OEDIP, EDIS, Defense financing, European Defense Fund, High Representative, HRVP, Defense industry, Defense Union 8 min read
[Decryption] Defense and Diplomacy. The eighteen key points of the Hungarian EU presidency for the second half of 2024 June 19, 2024 Nicolas Gros Verheyde European Defense Agency, OEDIP, EDIS, European Peace Facility, FEDEF, Ukraine War 2022, PESCO, Hungarian Presidency of the EU, priorities, Sahel, EU-China 8 min read
(photo: G7 Italia) [Notebook 18.06.2024] European geopolitics – Defense. Diplomacy. Crises. Powers. European elections June 18, 2024 Emmanuelle Stroesser European Defense Agency, Algeria, European army, Belgium, China, European Commission, Israel-Gaza conflict, COPS, Organized crime, Human rights, Eurojust, exports, Finland, Funds, PPE group, Russia-Ukraine War 2022, Hong Kong, Macau, Moldova, Membership negotiations, NATO, European Parliament, Crimean Peninsula, Sanctions, Sevastopol, Slovakia, Summit for Peace in Ukraine, South Sudan, Czech Republic, Top jobs, Ukraine 16 min read
[News] Two new missions for the European Defense Agency 28 May 2024 Olivier Jehin European Defense Agency, CARD, EDA, NATO 1 min read
[Notebook 28.05.2024] European geopolitics – Defense. Diplomacy. Crises. Powers. European elections 28 May 2024 Emmanuelle Stroesser Security agreement, European Defense Agency, Aspides, Nordic Bank, Belgium, Burma, EDIB, COPS, OEDIP, Spain, Estonia, palestinian state, United States, EUMPM Niger, European Peace Facility, Fund for Assistance to Ukraine, Georgia, Russia-Ukraine War 2022, Hungary, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Moldova, Howitzer, NATO, Portugal, European preference, Research, Russia, Military support for Ukraine, european sovereignty, Sweden, Syria, Taiwan, Ukraine, Voice of Europe 18 min read
[Notebook 25.04.2024] European geopolitics – Defense. Diplomacy. Crises. Powers. European elections 25 April 2024 Emmanuelle Stroesser AfD, European Defense Agency, Arménie, Future of Europe, Russian assets, Azerbaijan, Balkans, Budget 2022, COPS, Dump, Belgrade Pristina Dialogue, espionage, United States, Frontex, Borders, Iran, European Parliament, Refugees, United Kingdom, Sanctions, Switzerland, Syria, Forced labor, Turkey, Ukraine, Visegrad 14 min read
G7 VTC meeting on the Iranian attack on Israel (Photo: Council of the EU) [Notebook 16.04.2024] European geopolitics – Defense. Diplomacy. Crises. Powers. European elections 16 April 2024 Emmanuelle Stroesser European Defense Agency, Germany, China, European Commission, COPS, Human rights, Egypt, Enlargement, EUFOR Althea, EUMAM Ukraine, EUPM Moldova, EUTM Mozambique, Finland, The Gambia, Haiti, Iran, Israel, Italy, Mali, Moldova, Niger, Netherlands, Navalny diet, Sanctions, European summit, Sudan, Military support for Ukraine, Africa Strategy, Switzerland 21 min read
