[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
Ursula von der Leyen, Antonio Costa and Keir Starmer, May 19 in London [News] EU-UK reset or how to rebuild ties, even tenuous ones, in defense 20 May 2025 Olivier Jehin cyber, Hybrid threat, Security and Defense Partnership, PESCO, PSDC, United Kingdom 6 min read
Defense Ministers Theo Francken (Belgium), Sébastien Lecornu (France) and Yuriko Backes (Luxembourg) in Warsaw on April 3. (©MAE Luxembourg) [Confidential] Readiness 2030: France proposes an organization into industrial coalitions 11 April 2025 Romain Mielcarek FEDEF, IRIS2, White Paper, European White Paper, Ammunition, Odin's Eye, PESCO, SAMP / T 3 min read
[Notebook 08.04.2025] European geopolitics – Defense. Diplomacy. Powers 8 April 2025 Emmanuelle Stroesser Afghanistan, European Defense Agency, Central Asia, Balkans, Gaza strip, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cameroon, Circumvention of sanctions, COPS, International Penal Court, IHL, Customs duties, OEDIP, EUAM Iraq, EUFOR Althea, EUPM Moldova, European Peace Facility, Hungary, Iran, Japan, journalists, Montenegro, Norway, Iranian nuclear, Howitzer, NGO, Death penalty, PESCO, Multi-mission radar, DR Congo, Republika Srpska, Russia, Sanctions, Sweden, Ukraine 15 min read
[Analysis] The guilty pleasure of European defense: discussing, planning, and little realizing March 3, 2025 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Analysis, EU Defense, FEDEF, NonNotif, PESCO, Projects, Strategy 2 min read
[Notebook 14.01.2025] European geopolitics – Defense. Diplomacy. Powers 14th January 2025 Emmanuelle Stroesser Russian frozen assets, European Commission, COPS, OEDIP, EUSDI, France, Gulf of Guinea, Terrorist groups, Hamas, Iran, Israel-Palestine, Lebanon, Defense white paper, Baltic sea, Norway, Hostages, NATO, PESCO, Reinforced maritime presence, EEAS, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Ukraine, Venezuela 13 min read
[In Brief] Switzerland joins the PESCO military mobility project 14th January 2025 B2 Writing Brief, Military mobility, NonNotif, PESCO, Switzerland 0 min read
[Notebook 05.12.2024] European geopolitics – Defense. Diplomacy. Powers 5 December 2024 Emmanuelle Stroesser Afghanistan, Africa, Frozen assets, Balkans, Money laundering, European Commission, Israel-Gaza conflict, COPS, Corruption, Darfur, Development, Belgrade Pristina Dialogue, Didier Reynders, Womens rights, OEDIP, elections, Space, Spain, EUNAVFOR Med, War in Ukraine, External instruments, irini, Italy, knds, Kosovo, Defense white paper, OSCE, Palestine, PESCO, Poland, Russia, Sudan, Syria, Tik Tok 19 min read
[News] Revision of PESCO: the Council's guidelines 21th November 2024 Olivier Jehin Permanent structured cooperation, PESCO 2 min read
The Justus Lipsius building © NGV / B2 [Preview] Support for Ukraine and defense preparedness on the Defense Council agenda (November 19, 2024) 17th November 2024 Olivier Jehin European Defense Agency, CARD, EDA, Ukraine War 2022, PESCO, Defense preparation, Niinistö Report 4 min read
(Photo: DDPS Switzerland) [News] Switzerland. Review neutrality and integrate European defense. A report sows confusion 3 September 2024 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Nuclear weapons, arms export, European Peace Facility, FEDEF, interoperability, Neutrality, NATO, PESCO, Support for Ukraine, Switzerland, TIAN 3 min read
PESCO as it is. Ironic image taken from a patch of the US Technical Air Command Squadron (Photo: US Defense) [Decryption] PESCO continues on its merry way. With adaptation needs August 29, 2024 Olivier Jehin Review of, EU Defense, PESCO, PESCO projects 8 min read
V. Orban in kyiv received by V. Zelensky (Photo: Ukrainian presidency) [Analysis] How to get around the Hungarian veto on the European Peace Facility? August 28, 2024 Nicolas Gros Verheyde European Defense Agency, Analysis, European Peace Facility, Fund for Assistance to Ukraine, Ukraine War 2022, Hungary, Peace negotiations, PESCO, Russia, military support ukraine, troika, Unanimity, Viktor Orban 10 min read
A meeting in Brussels, far from the usual visits to monuments, like in Prague in 2023 (Photo: Czech Presidency of the EU) [Preview] On the agenda of the informal defense (August 30, 2024) (v2) August 26, 2024 Nicolas Gros Verheyde EUMAM Ukraine, EUNAVFOR Aspides, Defense financing, PESCO, Military support for Ukraine 4 min read
[Decryption] Defense and Diplomacy. The eighteen key points of the Hungarian EU presidency for the second half of 2024 June 19, 2024 Nicolas Gros Verheyde European Defense Agency, OEDIP, EDIS, European Peace Facility, FEDEF, Ukraine War 2022, PESCO, Hungarian Presidency of the EU, priorities, Sahel, EU-China 8 min read
[News] FEDEF 2023. 56 projects will share more than a billion euros 17 May 2024 Olivier Jehin Capacity development, FEDEF, European Defense Fund, PESCO, Defense research, Research and Development, FEDef 2023 call results 12 min read
Jiří Šedivý (photo: EDA) [Interview] With the war in Ukraine, states of mind have changed (Jiří Šedivý) 22th November 2023 Olivier Jehin European Defense Agency, banks, AT, CDP, ESG criteria, Defense expenditure, EDA, United States, European Defense Fund, Innovation, Interview, Investment in R&T, Ammunition, PESCO, R & D, VAT, Ukraine 13 min read
Message from Roustem Umerov, Ukrainian Defense Minister, to EU ministers (Photo: Council of the EU) [Verbatim] What to remember from the Council of EU Defense Ministers (November 14, 2023) 17th November 2023 Olivier Jehin Defense Agency, military capabilities, CDP, CQFR, Ukraine War 2022, Ammunition, PESCO 8 min read
