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Notebook (29.04.2019). Confidential (COPS, Finnish Presidency, Sibiu Summit, EUFOR Althea). Defense (10th priority, France NGO complaint, Germany inspections, SIPRI Statistics). Diplomacy (USA Arms Treaty, Sahel Merkel, EU-Japan summit, Egypt, etc.

(B2) Recently published: The UN Security Council sets course for the fight against the financing of terrorism (resolution 2462) (blog) The five pirates arrested by the Spaniards transferred to the Seychelles Counter-terrorism

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Notebook (19.04.2019). Confidential (enlargement report, Africa Peace Facility, Myanmar sanctions). Defense (Parly Yemen, Chad investigation, United Kingdom Underwater drones). Diplomacy (Libya bombings, Russia detentions, Cuba Helms-Burton, Caribbean Am. Latin strategy –…

(B2) Recently published: The European Defense Fund adopted by the European Parliament by a far from massive majority Manfred Weber's three ideas that can shake the European coconut tree In Agadez, for

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Notebook (17.04.2019). Confidential (Central Asia, Court of Auditors). PESC (Non-proliferation). Operations (Haiti). Defense (Franco-German meeting, Thales drone, Nano-drones, EDA emergency medicine, Malta Cryptography). Diplomacy (Libya 3 axes, Sudan mediation,…

(B2) Recently published: Focus on Foreign Affairs (April 8, 2019) (blog) A very empty hemicycle on Libya… (blog) Yemen: the journalists of Disclose demonstrate the French double discourse on sales

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Notebook (08.04.2019). Confidential (COPS, ministerial fatigue, Venezuela sanctions). Operations (Sahel and Interpol). CFSP (MOE Malawi). Defense (EDA cyber, Parly killer robots, Finland equipment, F-35 Europe). Diplomacy (Libya Tripoli, Rwanda genocide,…

(B2) Recently published: The EU anti-blockade law (sheet) (blog) European elections 2019: only the 'little ones' continue to grow (blog) After 70 years, what future for NATO? 70 years later, the Allies reaffirm

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Notebook (03.04.2019). Confidential (CAF, COPS). CFSP (Libya sanctions, OPCW support). Operations (Mopti Cesna aircraft, MONUSCO extension). Defense (Belgium CAMO, Finland intrusion, UK Expeditionary Force). Diplomacy (Presidential Ukraine, EU China dialogue,…

(B2) Recently published: Defense Industrial Development Programme: calls for proposals soon to be published. Details (blog) A military doctor killed in Mali by an IED (blog) Farewell to ships in the Mediterranean

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The presence of European gendarmes alongside their Central African counterparts could be a guarantee of the country's stability, argues France (credit: ECPAD - French gendarmes and Guardia civil in the EUFOR RCA operation - archives B2 June 2014)
Central Southern AfricaConfidential ProMissions Operations

A civilian mission in the CAR to strengthen the internal security forces: the reflection continues

(B2) The Ministers of Foreign Affairs had, on March 18, at the request of France, an exchange of views on the Central African Republic (CAR). Objective: to see how the EU can support the peace agreement

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Notebook (06.03.2019). Confidential (EU-US evidence). PESC (external MFF). Defense (manual hybrid warfare, France naval MCO, Franco-British drone). Diplomacy (Malay Cameroon, Nagorny Karabakh status quo, US-EU diplomacy, Netherlands-Iran, Vietnam human rights…

(B2) Recently released: EU Special Representatives must be more visible! The five key recommendations of the European Parliament Defense treaty, Schengen area, economy… Emmanuel Macron's ideas for the renaissance

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Notebook (04.03.2019). Confidential (Operation Barkhane, Monusco maps, Ministerial JAI, COPS Agenda). Operations-PSDC (Forward Presence, Syria OPCW). Defense (2021-2027 Space Program, Russian Stoltenberg Missiles). Diplomacy (Venezuela Guaido, Libya encouragement, UN voice…

(B2) Recently published: The situation remains serious in the Central African Republic. The deployment of the FACA is progressing Viktor Orban wants to remove the 'migration' competence from the European Commission and create a 'SchengenGroup' Ukraine. The 'destabilize' blacklist

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Notebook (22.02.2019). Confidential (EUCAP Sahel Mali chief, OLAF investigation). Defense (Lebanon exports, Belgium nuclear weapons, Copernicus faults, Romania corvettes, Spain satellites, Italy target drones, US space force, Airbus X3). Diplomacy…

(B2) Recently published: (exclusive) The compromise on the European Defense Fund dissected. Main points, first analysis EUCAP Sahel Mali mission extended, mandate extended to Chad, Burkina Faso and Mauritania (exclusive) United States

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