Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(B2) Business picks up. Freed from the cumbersome mortgage of the Trump administration, the Atlantic Alliance intends to take back the collar more vigorously. The agenda for the next defense ministerial meeting bears witness to this. The meeting, which will be held by
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(B2) Polish Presidents Andrzej Duda and US President Donald Trump signed a declaration on deepening defense cooperation in New York on Monday (September 23). New stage before the deployment of 1000
Read(B2) Meeting in Brussels, at the headquarters of the Atlantic Alliance, on Wednesday and Thursday (26 and 27) June in Brussels, the Ministers of Defense have rather classic subjects on their agenda: the sharing of
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(B2) The meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers in Washington DC on April 3-4, 2019 has an important memorial notion — celebrating 70 years of the Washington Treaty, signed on
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(B2) At the Munich security conference, a high place for transatlantic reflection, the differences between Europeans and Americans were widely expressed. The respective speeches of Chancellor Angela Merkel, widely applauded, and the
Read(B2) NATO Defense Ministers meet on 13 and 14 February at Alliance headquarters in Brussels. They will no longer be 29 around the table, but 30. The Minister of
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(B2) Allied Defense Ministers meet this Wednesday and Thursday (October 3 and 4) in Brussels to take stock of the implementation of the decisions of the Brussels Summit and
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(B2) President Donald Trump is coming to Brussels for the NATO summit on July 11-12. He has every intention of lecturing his European and Canadian allies on their defense spending,
Read(B2) The NATO summit, which will be held on July 11 and 12 in Brussels, is presented by diplomats as a unique opportunity to display the unity of the Atlantic Alliance… if Donald Trump wants it
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(B2) The Polish government on Wednesday (March 28) signed the purchase of the American Patriot (Wisła in Polish) missile defense system. A contract worth $4,75 billion, for Phase I (approximately 3,8
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(B2) Burden sharing is in progress. This is the message that the NATO Defense Ministers want to convey to their American counterpart this Thursday (June 29 in Brussels). THE
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(B2) Cooperation between the European Union and NATO is in good shape. This is the whole meaning of the report that the High Representative will defend to the Heads of State and Government on 22 June and presented, in
Read(B2) Recently published: Is Europe waking up? A shock trio in France (blog) What can Europe do, what is it doing in the face of terrorism? (blog) The roadmap drawn up by the European MinDéfs for 2017-2018
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(B2) Despite some awareness, the defense budget of NATO member countries continues to decrease. This is the conclusion that emerges when we read the latest figures provided by the Atlantic Alliance, particularly in
Read(B2) Recently published: Towards a UN police force in Burundi? The Munich agreement comes into effect. Humanitarian access and cessation of fighting (updated) Defense procurement: the Commission
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