Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(B2) Allies support Israel's right to defend itself after the atrocities committed by Hamas. The United States says it can help both Israel and Ukraine. And NATO continues to adapt its posture
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(B2) kyiv returns to the center of European news. Between defense industrialists and certain ministers, Friday, and the meeting of 27 foreign ministers, Monday, the Ukrainian capital brings together officials
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(B2) The attack perpetrated on Sunday (September 24) against Kosovar police officers near the Serbian border illustrates the still high tensions in northern Kosovo. Far from calming down, the situation seems to be getting worse. The leaders
Read(B2) Faced with the tense situation on the ground, the 27 say they are ready to take retaliatory measures. This is the fundamental element that emerges from the ministerial meeting on Monday 26 June. This subject
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(B2) The joy of the Slovenian representatives at the news of their election as a member of the United Nations Security Council for two years reminds us how essential this body is for the diplomacy of the
Read(B2) As the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue comes to a head, tensions between Kosovars and Serbs in northern Kosovo are picking up again. In an exacerbated way. Calls for calm are increasing. Europeans and Americans
Read(B2) The Allies will not let go of Ukraine, but are also very careful not to forget to protect their own territory. This is the message that the Secretary General of NATO wants to convey after the
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(B2) End of summer break. But in Ukraine, the war has not known a break, even if the conflict is bogged down and settles in the long term. As in 2014, after the first offensives on the
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(B2) While some have their eyes riveted on the Belarusian border, with good reason, or on Ukraine, more artificially, it is the resumption of the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, two other countries of the Eastern Partnership, Who
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(B2) The Slovenian Prime Minister, far from being discreet and facilitating compromises, as is the role of a presidency, continues to provoke and sow the storm. On the contrary, it embarrasses colleagues and
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(B2) The German Presidency of the EU continues to work, at accelerated speed, to obtain as many agreements as possible on the various texts currently being drafted, in particular those allowing the implementation of the future budgetary framework
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(B2) Two stabbing attacks hit France again, in a church in Nice (South) and in a French consulate in Saudi Arabia, Thursday (29.10). A singular return, fifteen days after that of
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(B2) Recently published: In Georgia, the conflict is far from being frozen (Ketevan Tsikhelashvili) (blog) Manufactured defense: the French event is tinged with an unavoidable touch of revived EUNAVFOR Med Europe. En route to Sophia II, centered naval air operation
Read(B2) The three experts convened by the Security and Defense Sub-Committee (SEDE) of the European Parliament on January 23 were unanimous on this point: despite certain aggressive rhetoric, the situation in Kosovo remains calm.
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(B2) The latest decisions in Pristina go down badly with NATO, which calls on the Kosovar and Serbian authorities to refrain from further provocations. The transformation of Kosovo forces into an army could lead to a revision
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(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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(B2) Recently published: The EU wants to strengthen its counter-terrorism measures abroad The Dutch government deemed “partly” responsible for the Srebrenica massacre Ensuring solidarity supply to other Member States. A declaration of intent Increase in passages
Read(B2) Recently released: Trump's America First. For Europe, a certain language of truth* The EUNAVFOR Atalanta counter-piracy operation off Somalia (file) On the agenda
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(B2) As announced (see Carnet 02.03.2016), Switzerland will take part, from 1 May, in two new European CSDP missions: in Ukraine and in Mali. Bern will thus send an expert in the
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