Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(B2) Almost four years after the adoption of the strategy for the Gulf of Guinea (1), the situation continues to be "worrying" according to a joint report, prepared by the services of the High Representative
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(B2) An Italian rear admiral will take command at sea of the EU anti-piracy operation in the Indian Ocean (EUNAVFOR Atalanta) from July 27, taking over from his Spanish colleague, rear admiral Rafael Fernandez -Pintado Munos-Rojas. A
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(B2) The interregional network of the Gulf of Guinea is about to see the light of day. Called “GOGIN” (like Gulf of Guinea Interregional Network), this project, which aims to connect 19 countries on the West African coast to
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(B2) The future of the European maritime operation EUNAVFOR Atalanta must be decided in the coming months. And contrary to what some hope (read: Rome new HQ of the Atalanta operation?), the choice of a new
Read(B2) The Council of the EU extended on Monday (28 November) the mandate of the maritime anti-piracy operation (EUNAVFOR Atalanta) off the coast of Somalia until 31 December 2018. This extension had already a point of
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(B2) The European Commission adopted on Thursday 10 November a joint communication entitled “Ocean governance: an agenda for the future of our oceans”. A document which lists above all what can
Read(B2) EUNAVFOR Atalanta, launched in December 2008, is the first naval air operation of the European Union carried out within the framework of the CSDP (1). Born of a Franco-Spanish initiative, it aims to respond to the resurgence of
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(B2) The Court of Justice of the European Union on Tuesday (June 14) annulled the pirate transfer agreement concluded with Tanzania in the framework of the EUNAVFOR Atalanta operation. Since Parliament was not informed
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(B2) The next EU-China summit, to be held in Beijing on July 12-13, will be dominated by economic issues. But the security dimension should not be absent, as evidenced by the agenda (see
Read(B2) Foreign Ministers, in “Development” format, adopted this Thursday (12 May) a minor modification to the mandate of the EU military anti-piracy operation (EUNAVFOR Atalanta) to allow it to contribute or exchange
Read(B2) Recently published: Finding a consensus between Europeans: the real challenge (Fotyga) Palestine wants to join Interpol. An obstacle course, a political issue Faced with terrorism, Jambon and Geens defend the response
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(B2) Anna Fotyga chairs the Defense sub-committee of the European Parliament. Member of the PiS, the Law & Justice party, and of the ECR group (Conservatives and Reformers) with the British Tories. She emphasizes, for B2, how unity
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(B2) If pirate attacks seem to be largely decreasing off Somalia, in the Gulf of Guinea, this does not seem to be the case on the other side of the continent. Two years after the adoption of the
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(B2) The action plan in the Gulf of Guinea (2015-2020) adopted in March 2015, draws up an inventory of all possible actions to support the African countries of the Gulf, in particular to overcome the threat of
Read(B2) Recently published: Between NATO and the EU, a mano a mano that will go crescendo until the summer The European Parliament calls for reforms in Eritrea The "black list" Ukraine extended An initial discussion on the
Read(B2) Reflection on the future of the three missions and operations of the European Union in the Horn of Africa has begun both on the civil-military side (EU Military Committee, etc.) and on the diplomatic side (COPS, etc.). anti-piracy operation
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(BRUSSELS2) Even if Somali piracy no longer poses as great a threat as in 2008-2010, the United Nations Security Council renewed, on 10 November (2015), for an additional year, the use of
Read(B2) The Advocate General of the European Court of Justice, Juliane Kokott, delivered, on October 28, very interesting conclusions on the agreements for the transfer of suspects concluded within the framework of the anti-piracy operation of
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(B2) "The high risk area for piracy in the Indian Ocean will be redesigned from 1 December to take into account the progress made in the fight against
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