Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(B2) The Europeans took advantage of the summer to pass a whole series of decisions on sanctions. Including a first device targeting gangs in Haiti, and the complement of others in the DR
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(B2) Successful exercise in cold blood on the European side after the fall of missile debris in Poland. An episode of the Russian war in Ukraine which revives the question of the anti-aircraft shield. Featured:
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(B2) By cutting off Gazprom's valves to Poland and Bulgaria, Putin is accelerating the forced independence of European Union member states from Russian resources. Will the domino game cause shipments to other states to stop?
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(B2) This weekend fiction caught up with reality. CBRN threat training in a NATO exercise echoes the threat stirred up in the military conflict in Ukraine. Coincidence of the calendar, our reporter
Read(B2) The European ministers want it. Gulf countries as well. A new partnership with the Gulf is well underway. This is the main result of the joint council between Europeans and Arabs held
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(B2) The situation in Burkina Faso changed in one day. Qualified as a simple mutiny by the government in the morning, the military coup led to the dismissal and arrest of President Roch Kaboré.
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(B2) The European Union is discreetly withdrawing from its missions in the Central African Republic. The decision is made behind the scenes. Without political approval. And without much publicity. A funny way of giving geopolitical meaning to
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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) Recently published: N°77. The NATO summit meeting in London (December 3 and 4, 2019) Foreign Affairs Council (December 9, 2019): discussions and decisions. The point © Confidential / PESC
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(B2) Federica Mogherini inaugurated on Sunday (July 14) the new EU diplomatic representation in Kuwait. A strong symbolic sign. It had done the same shortly before in Turkmenistan. The principle of this openness had
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(B2) Recently released: Europeans' July 14 appeal to Iranians: Take a break from the escalation! In Baghdad, F. Mogherini reaffirms European support for Iraq. The idea of a regional security conference
Read(B2) Recently published: From peace to prosperity: the White House proposals for Palestine No white smoke at the top: no agreement on the Top leader, but consensus
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(B2) Recently published: (blog) The Belgian army equips itself with a motorized brigade NATO prepares for a tense ministerial Sea of Azov, Paris and Berlin position themselves as mediators of the crisis The Geneva conference,
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(B2) The European Union should soon open two new embassies, one in Central Asia, in Turkmenistan, the other in the Gulf, in Kuwait. EU foreign ministers approved the principle on Monday
Read(B2) Recently published: The mandate of EUTM RCA extended. Its expanded purpose. Base camp moved NATO's new contract with Afghanistan. Resolute support extended to 2024 (blog) JEF fully operational, concurrent
Read(B2) Recently published: The Libyan enemy brothers agree on a more peaceful path (La Celle St Cloud) The negotiators of the deal with Iran save the agreement but remain cautious about the future Operation Sophia, renewed, in
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(B2) Recently published: NATO creates a “southern hub” to confront the terrorist threat ICRC staff still hostages in Afghanistan (blog) Fight against fraud and crime, Niamey police trained
Read(B2) Recently published: The four evolution paths for battlegroups (Grammatico) The training mission of the Somali army "EUTM Somalia" The EU wants to reinforce the means in Libya and increase the aid to the Libyan coast guard The operation
Read(B2) Recently published: An air force in command of Operation Chammal Election observation missions (memo sheet) * The Internal Security Committee (COSI), a limited function* An Africanist named number 2 in the European diplomatic service*
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