Mark Rutte, during the press conference ahead of the NATO Summit (credit: NATO) [Notebook 24.06.2025] European geopolitics – Defense. Diplomacy. Powers June 24, 2025 Emmanuelle Stroesser European Space Agency, Humanitarian aid, Azerbaijan, Belarus, EU Military Committee, COPS, Denmark, Maritime drone, Drones, OEDIP, EUNAVFOR Aspides, Eutelsat, Gaza, Russian war in Ukraine, Freedom of press, Baltic sea, Missiles, Norway, New Zealand, NATO, Romania, Sweden, Syria, Ukraine, UNRWA, Armored vehicles 13 min read
[Notebook 17.06.2025] European geopolitics – Defense. Diplomacy. Powers June 17, 2025 Emmanuelle Stroesser Humanitarian aid, IAEA, Macro-financial assistance, combat plane, CFP post 2027, Chars, Foreign Affairs Council, COPS, Crimea, War crimes, Cybersecurity, OEDIP, Space, EUBAM Libya, EUNAVFOR Aspides, arms export, France, Russian war in Ukraine, IA, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Israel-Palestine, LDH, Spy software, Military mobility, Iranian nuclear, Defense Omnibus, NATO, Netherlands, DR Congo, Sanctions, Slovenia, G7 summit, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine 17 min read
[Notebook 22.05.2025] European geopolitics – Defense. Diplomacy. Powers 22 May 2025 Emmanuelle Stroesser Humanitarian aid, Frozen assets, Balkans, EU Military Committee, COPS, Security-defense dialogue, Egypt, Space, United States, EUPM Moldova, Gaza, Hungary, Israel, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Norway, CFSP, PESCO, Romania, SAFE, Serbia, Slovenia, EU-Africa Summit, Switzerland, African Union, Yemen 14 min read
[Notebook 08.05.2025] European geopolitics – Defense. Diplomacy. Powers 8 May 2025 Emmanuelle Stroesser Humanitarian aid, Germany, European Investment Bank, Bosnia and Herzegovina, multiannual financial framework, Cyprus, COPS, 2023 Discharges, Community law, IHL, United States, France, Gas, Gaza, Foreign interference, Israel-Gaza, Kosovo, Lithuania, MFF 2028-2034, Anti-tank mines, NATO, Netherlands, oil, Poland, Revival, United Kingdom, Russia, Sanctions, Serbia, Sudan, Economic sovereignty, Syria, Turkey 11 min read
Delegates to the London conference (photo: Gov.uk) [In Brief] Europe leans over the cradle of the two-year civil war in Sudan 16 April 2025 Emmanuelle Stroesser Humanitarian aid, Brief, European Commission, famine, NonNotif, OCHA, Sudan 2 min read
Mohammed Mustafa and Kaja Kallas in Luxembourg, April 14. [Notebook 15.04.2025] European geopolitics – Defense. Diplomacy. Powers 15 April 2025 Emmanuelle Stroesser Humanitarian aid, Airbus, Albania, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Macro-financial assistance, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chars, European Commission, COPS, air defense, Tariffs, United Arab Emirates, Space, Spain, United States, EUBAM Rafah, arms export, Russian ghost fleet, Greece, Russian war in Ukraine, Jordan, Nuclear threat, Norway, NATO, Palestine, Netherlands, space program, Russia, Sudan, Switzerland, Chad, Carrier, Ukraine 13 min read
[Notebook 10.04.2025] European geopolitics – Defense. Diplomacy. Powers (v2) 10 April 2025 Emmanuelle Stroesser Southern Africa, Development Assistance, Humanitarian aid, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, COPS, Tariffs, OEDIP, Egypt, Space, United States, European Peace Facility, Armed forces, Gaza, trade war, Russian war in Ukraine, Kosovo, Moldova, Indian Ocean, NATO, Uganda, Rheinmetall, Serbia, South Sudan, Sweden, Turkey 12 min read
[Notebook 25.02.2025] European geopolitics – Defense. Diplomacy. Powers February 25st, 2025 Emmanuelle Stroesser Humanitarian aid, Germany, Ariane 6, Pirate attack, Palestinian Authority, disasters, ICRC, Foreign Affairs Council, European Council, COPS, Egypt, Russian war in Ukraine, Israel, Lebanon, Maintain the peace, Pact for the Mediterranean, Weapons production, DR Congo, Romania, EUSR Central Asia, RSUE Gulf, Rwanda, Sanctions, Serbia, Somalia, Syria 13 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
[Notebook 17.12.2024] European geopolitics – Defense. Diplomacy. Powers 17 December 2024 Emmanuelle Stroesser Humanitarian aid, military aid, Germany, combat plane, Belarus, Brazil, Defense committee, Special Commission for the Defense of Democracy, COPS, South Korea, Horn of africa, Defense expenditure, Drone, OEDIP, United States, Ethiopia, France, Georgia, Guatemala, Parliamentary intergroups, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Mediterranean sea, Norway, NATO, European Parliament, Poland, PSDC, Sanctions, Slovakia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, military transport, Turkey, EU-Africa, Ukraine 13 min read
Abandoned weapons and mines pose one of the immediate challenges to Syria's economic recovery (photo: European Commission / B2 Archives) [Decryption] Syria: Europeans taken by surprise by the fall of Bashar al-Assad will they have to rethink their policy (v3) 9 December 2024 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Humanitarian aid, EU Delegation, Mine clearance, Anti-terrorist list, CSDP mission, NDICI, Reconstruction, Refugees, Syria, EU-Turkey 12 min read
Ambassador Salvador Pinta Da Franca returns to Brussels. Sign of European discontent (Photo: EEAS) [News] Tension with Niger. The EU recalls its ambassador to Brussels 25th November 2024 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Humanitarian aid, EU Delegation, Military junta, Niger, Ambassador recall 4 min read
[Notebook 14.11.2024] European geopolitics – Defense. Diplomacy. Powers 14th November 2024 Emmanuelle Stroesser Humanitarian aid, Germany, Von der Leyen Commission II, COPS, Early elections, famine, Cohesion Fund, Gaza, MFF 2028-2034, NGO, European Parliament, Romania, United Kingdom, Russia, Sanctions, Ukraine 12 min read
DEVE FEMM ENVI - Confirmation hearing of Hadja LAHBIB, European Commissioner-designate for Preparedness and Crisis Management Equality [News] Lahbib hearing. Confident and serene despite the pressure 6th November 2024 Emmanuelle Stroesser Humanitarian aid, Von der Leyen Commission II, discriminations, equality, Management of crises, Civil protection 3 min read
Elina Valtonen (Finland, Xavier Bettel (Luxembourg), Josep Borrel (HRVP)-and Ian Borg (Malta) in conversation (Photo: Council of the EU) [Verbatim] What to remember from the Foreign Affairs Council (October 14, 2024) 19 October 2024 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Humanitarian aid, Andrii Sybiha, CQFR, IHL, Enlargement, European Peace Facility, UNIFIL, Gaza, Georgia, Russia-Ukraine War 2022, Hamas, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, Moldova, Sanctions, Military support for Ukraine 8 min read
The two co-chairs of the meeting, the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani and the European Charles Michel (Photo: EU Council) [Notebook 17.10.2024] European geopolitics – Defense. Diplomacy. Powers (v2) 17 October 2024 Emmanuelle Stroesser European Space Agency, Humanitarian aid, Germany, anti-Semitism, Bangladesh, Belgium, Burma, Defense budgets, disasters, Battle tanks, Gulf Cooperation Council, Circumvention of sanctions, Copernicus, COPS, Belgrade Pristina Dialogue, Human rights, Drones, Space, European Peace Facility, Georgia, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Morocco, NATO, European Parliament, Czech Republic, Ukraine 15 min read
[Notebook 08.10.2024] European geopolitics – Defense. Diplomacy. Powers 8 October 2024 Emmanuelle Stroesser Humanitarian aid, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Budget 2025, multiannual financial framework, Von der Leyen Commission II, COPS, Denmark, Drones, OEDIP, EDIS, EUFOR Althea, EUNAVFOR Med, arms export, Far right, France, Haiti, High Representative of the EU, Hungary, irini, Israel, Lebanon, Morocco, Mediterranean sea, Red Sea, MFF, migration, Moyen Orient, NATO, Netherlands, Poland, Ramstein, Russia, Western Sahara, Tunisia, Ukraine 18 min read
A French A400M plane landed in Beirut on Sunday, carrying humanitarian aid (Photo: Army General Staff) [News] Europeans ready to support Lebanon. A call for calm in vain 30 September 2024 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Humanitarian aid, Foreign Affairs Council, European Peace Facility, Lebanese Armed Forces, Lebanon 4 min read
