Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(B2) Relegated to forgotten conflicts, Sudan silently endures intense violence, to the point that the European Union is now speaking of a risk of genocide in Darfur. Everyone remembers a similar period in
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(B2) The faces of the next 2024 European campaign are starting to be revealed. Official speeches, small phrases and indiscretions reveal political ambitions to be in the race… or not. DEFENSE POLICY [Verbatim
Read(B2 in Orhei, Moldova) An adventure. But an organized adventure. This is how best to describe the evacuation day of the European Union mission to support internal security forces, EUAM Ukraine, on 24
Read(B2) The panic that seems to reign in Washington and London in terms of the threat to Ukraine with the reduction of staff in the embassies in kyiv does not seem to be really shared at European level. A European analysis
Read(B2) The European Union decided on Thursday (3 February) to launch an action to evacuate its former personnel and other sensitive persons in Afghanistan. This operational action is carried out under foreign policy and
Read(B2) Past the emotion and the hot reactions, a reflection takes shape. What lessons can be drawn from the Kabul crisis for European defense policy? The EEAS Deputy Secretary General on CSDP,
Read(B2) Gathered by video conference on Friday (August 20) to discuss the latest developments in Afghanistan, the Allies spoke above all of the necessary evacuation of Afghans who cooperated with them. The USA flatly refused
Read(B2) The Taliban “won the war”. We will therefore have to talk to them, concedes the High Representative of the Union, Tuesday, August 17. Meeting urgently to analyze the situation in Afghanistan, the Ministers of
Read(B2) The observation is straight forward, bitter. Despite the lives lost and the billions invested, NATO has failed to bring security to Afghanistan. And we will have to draw lessons from this observation, recognizes
Read(B2) In a non-paper given to Member States' experts, the European diplomatic service recommends breaking with a certain degree of caution and having a more proactive attitude in cooperation on common foreign policy
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(B2) Libya is once again at the center of European concerns. The Berlin process is at a standstill, Operation Irini is struggling to get off the ground, the conflict continues there, the EU High Representative launches a
Read(B2) Gathered by videoconference, in an exceptional meeting devoted to Covid-19, this Tuesday (March 17), European leaders decided to close the external borders, but also joint repatriation operations. A meeting that
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(B2 in Paris) The French Minister for the Armed Forces hosted, this Wednesday (November 7), the first interministerial meeting of the members of the European Intervention Initiative (IEI or EI2). A meeting that aroused mixed interest
Read(BRUSSELS2) Spanish and Portuguese Defense Ministers Pedro Morenés and José Pedro Aguiar-Branco signed a declaration of intent on Tuesday (20 November) aimed at increasing defense cooperation. A
Read(B2 in Budapest) “It is time to consider, what we call, restrictive measures, to (…) put as much pressure as possible to try to stop the violence in Libya and to see the country
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