Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(B2) Iran's unprecedented response to Israel with a swarm of drones is raising tensions in the Middle East, after the attack on the Iranian embassy in Damascus. It positions Tehran as the defender
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(B2) The announcement by the Secretary General of NATO of a fund of 100 billion is striking. A real additional effort or a simple desire for display coupled with competition with the European Union • Closure of the mission
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(B2) Is checkbook diplomacy sufficient and viable? Part of the European Parliament denounces the agreement signed with Tunisia. Without real conditionality. With another agreement signed with Egypt in a few days, the subject
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(B2) The retaliatory strikes carried out by the Americans and British against the Yemeni Houthis are divisive. Both the Allies and the Europeans are hesitant about the strategy to adopt. In many heads emerges the risk of a
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(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) One of the first consequences of the Hamas attack against Israel, on the European side, is turning against the Palestinians, with the announced re-examination of development aid. But obviously in haste and confusion. A
Read(B2) The Europeans decided on Friday (July 28) to put in place an autonomous sanctions mechanism in addition to the UN sanctions against criminal armed groups. Quite a symbolic measure in the face of a situation
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(B2) On the eve of the summer break, the appointment of an American as Chief Economist at DG Competition is causing trouble in Brussels. To the point that the European Commission has to explain itself as well
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(B2) Three months after its proposal, the EDIRPA, this new European defense fund dedicated to joint acquisitions, is still under construction. The Board seeks itself through meetings at the rate of one per week.
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(B2) Rapid Deployment Capability, NATO-EU, meetings are accelerating this week in the working groups of the Council of the EU, in the military committee as well as in the committees of the European Parliament. Focus: the
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(B2) Kertch Bridge reached, sabotage of the Deutsch Bahn, deployment of Belarusian troops, strikes on Ukrainian towns… The Russian war in Ukraine is asserting itself on all fronts. In the spotlight: war in
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(B2) August was not easy for European crisis management, with, in particular, the hasty withdrawal from Afghanistan and the pressure on the borders with Belarus To our readers: the Notebook resumes
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(B2) Seemingly less busy, Monday's Foreign Affairs Council will address - among other topics - the heavy file of Ethiopia, ravaged in the north of the country by civil war, famine and
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(B2) The European summit promises to be more like a meeting to debate between the Chiefs and promote orientations rather than to settle disputes Headlines: European summit Agenda. The European summit begins
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(B2) It will be ten years Monday, March 15 that the revolt of young Syrians, in the wake of the Arab spring was expressed. The severe repression by the Assad regime, the sequence of the cycle of violence make it
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(B2) The European Council which opens this Friday weighs on a single question: will they succeed in finding an agreement? Positions have multiplied lately. Some leaders have even arrived
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(B2) The plenary of the European Parliament from November 25 to 28 was dominated by the final vote given to the von der Leyen Commission, dubbed without firing a shot (read: The von der Leyen Commission
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(B2) Recently published: Peacekeeping and Counterterrorism in Africa. The UN is fading, the EU is getting stronger (JP Lacroix) (blog) Latest news from EU peacekeeping missions and operations – CSDP
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(B2) Recently published: (blog) PESCO open to third countries? Let's stop announcing it every 4 mornings NATO and the European Defense Agency continue their cooperation for in-flight refueling The three
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