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Joint press conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and EU High Representative Federica Mogherini
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[Decryption] Between NATO and the EU, smiles are de rigueur. New joint actions to strengthen cooperation

(B2) The European Union and NATO adopted simultaneously, on Tuesday (5 December), a new wave of joint actions, illustrating the agreement signed on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Warsaw, defining seven areas of common cooperative interests, and

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Federica Mogherini and Adel Al Jubeir (credit: EEAS)
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Notebook (04.12.2017). CBSD (adopted). CSDP-JHA cooperation. Defense College (budget). EUCAP Sahel Mali & EULEX Kosovo (recruitment). PESCO (Portugal). COPS (calendar). EU-Israel. EU-US meeting (Tillerson). Russia Sanctions (ExoMars). Migrant task force…

(B2) Recently published: (blog) Grants at hand for young researchers (blog) The 12th French A400M arrived (exclusive) PESCO: a few points (still) to be settled. COREPER seized (exclusive) Satellites

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Commander Kenneth Deane and Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar Al-Abdai
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Notebook (29.11.2017). PESCO (decision). EUCAP Sahel Niger. NATO-EU (dialogue, statement). EUMM Georgia (budget). EUNAVFOR Atalanta (Pakistan). COPS (Horn of Africa, agenda, Helga Schmid). European Defense (Mogherini). Section 5 (Tillerson). Poland…

(B2) Recently published: On the agenda of the Foreign Affairs Council (11 December 2017) (blog) The EU deploys a mission to Baghdad to help the Iraqi internal security forces. For what ? (exclusive) Fifteen projects selected

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The Independence Day military parade in Warsaw (credit: MOD Poland)
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[Decryption] Poland sets three written conditions for its accession to PESCO (V2)

(B2) If the Polish government has affixed its signature to the notification letter on the Permanent Structured Cooperation, it is not without certain conditions marked by a double ambiguity. According to our information, only the

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Notebook (02.10.2017). CBSD (trilogue). CAE (calendar). NATO Ministerial (diary). Nuclear (visit). COSME (calls for projects). COPS (Nagorno-Karabakh). Georgia (funding). Pristina-Belgrade (dialogue). Internet (illegal content). Brexit (4th round).

(B2) Recently published: (blog) The Juncker vs Macron doctrine compared. A couple has formed… The three roles of the European Defense Agency according to Jorge Domecq The troublemakers in Mali can be put

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Notebook (22.09.2017). PESCO (third country, Tusk). EUMC (Ireland). Defense (S&D). Hybrid Threats. EUTM Somalia (province). EUNAVFOR Med Sophia (funding). PSDC missions (Discipline, Cultural Heritage). COPS visit. Sanctions (North Korea,…

(B2) Recently published: (blog) Caribbean. French, Dutch and British join forces. Finally ! Cybersecurity, a stated priority for the Commission Federica Mogherini, mid-term review: not as exciting as when it started

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