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Notebook (27.09.2017). EUFOR Althea (Finland). Libyan Coast Guard (funding). CBSD (trilogue). EUCAP Sahel Mali (head). Cops (Sahel, Albania, Cyber). Sanctions (Mali, Libya). Netherlands (survey). Azerbaijan (Czech arms). Aircraft tankers (contract). Security…

(B2) Recently published: (blog) War or peace (3). Is the Union on the way to militarization? Defense research preparatory action A new full-time head appointed to EUPOL Copps The return of

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Notebook (25.08.2017). PESCO (majority, Slovakia). EUMM Georgia (interim). Paris 4+3 meeting. Békou Fund (audit). EEAS Directory. Germany (controversy). Finland (defence budget). Netherlands (Military Schengen Area). Poland (NATO priority). Lithuania…

(B2) Recently published: Airbus and MBDA strengthen their ties with Romania. Integration for Defense Europe A new deputy director of the Americas department and three appointments of ambassadors confirmed (blog) German Relay

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Notebook (29.03.2017). EUNAVFOR Med (head). EUFOR Althea (leader). EUBAM Libya (Tripoli). EUSSR Iraq (note). GovSatCom (mandate). Moldova (security agreement). COPS (calendar). Russia (Le Pen/Sanctions). NATO (ministerial). NATO-Russia (meeting). Czechia…

(B2) Recently published: Poland slams the door of the Eurocorps, out of political resentment. A strategic mistake (V2) Aisha Gaddafi, the daughter of the Libyan leader, obtains a symbolic condemnation from the EU New pirate attack on the

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Notebook (28.02.2017). MPCC (approval). Summit of March 9 (orientations). Cops (diary). Belarus (sanctions). Human Rights (position). Netherlands (distrust). Belgium (outsourcing). A400M (meeting). Austria (Eurofighter). Libya (violence). Georgia/Abkhazia (administrative line).…

(B2) Recently published: MINUSCA aerial intervention in Bambari (blog) The EU increases sanctions against North Korea If we do nothing, the European defense industry is doomed to its disappearance (Michael

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Notebook (24.02.2017). EUTM Somalia (Germany). Defense (Juncker). EUSR (extension). Afghanistan (Mellbin). EUSR Bosnia (budget). Somalia (security). Ukraine (OSCE). Guinea-Bissau (BINUGBIS). Yemen (sanctions monitoring). Drones (simulator). Slovenia (transport hub). Scalp/Storm Shadow…

(B2) Recently published: The A400M weighs down Airbus. The engines involved says Enders. New negotiations to come Short meeting of the alert mechanism in Gali with Abkhazia (blog) CARD: a coordinated annual defense review.

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[Verbatim] Safety in the Baltic Sea, too forgotten by Europeans, too dependent on the USA, warn Finns and Swedes

(B2) Is the Baltic Sea forgotten by Europeans? This is precisely what worries Finns and Swedes, for whom “it is often difficult to draw the attention of the European Union to this region”. However, the tensions

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Notebook (19.12.2016). EUCAP Sahel Mali (extension). EUNAVFOR Sophia & Ong (Credendino) Eupol Afghanistan (closure). Russia sanctions (extension). South Sudan (Minuss/sanctions). WMD (threats). Spain (fiscal consolidation). Estonia (target: 2%).…

(B2) Recently published: A look back at the 1986 demonstrations and the death of Malik Oussekine (blog) The main changes in the “Defence” conclusions of the Summit (under the magnifying glass) Belgium. More than 1000 positions opened in 2017…

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Notebook (22.06.2016). Cops diary. EUTM RCA (MisPlan). Eunavfor Med (Budget, Germany). EEAS (movement). EUSR Kosovo (appointment). Russia sanctions (reservations). European Summit (global strategy, EU-NATO, Migrations). EEAS (movement). Us Africom (head).…

(B2) Recently published: Biscop, Tiilikainen, Nafaa. Three Expert Views on the Global Strategy * The Destiny of Edgard Johnny Hunter the Migrant Hunter, MSF Web Series Prosecutor Lutsenko Wants to End

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