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An example of a unit employed as part of Unified Vision 2018: US marines collected biometric intelligence on the base in Yuma, Arizona. (©NATO/A. Melendez)
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[Report] Unified Vision 2018: NATO continues its combined intelligence efforts

(B2 – in Tromso, Norway) Intelligence remains the key to any military operation. But to work in coalition, you still have to find how to make the giants, armed with drones and titanic services, work together...

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General Jean-François Ferlet, Director of French Military Intelligence. (©DRM)
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[Verbatim] In terms of intelligence, the Europe of defense already exists (DRM)

(B2) Between operational requirements and international cooperation, the Military Intelligence Directorate (DRM) is one of the most recognized services in Europe. But for his boss, General Jean-François Ferlet, who was working in early March in front of

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Notebook (05.03.2018). PESCO (observers, third countries). US-EU-Agency (freeze). Ukraine (embezzlement). Operation Sophia (intelligence cell, Slovenia). Defense (France Epicure, EDIDP plenary, text, Foreign Investments commission, Lockheed leader, SGDSN, RTD, etc.

(B2) Recently published: The EUTM RCA mission soon to be deployed outside Bangui. The tracks of the 'review' (blog) In the Mediterranean, Sophia (EU) and Sea Guardian (NATO) talk to each other (blog) A Greek submarine

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Teresa May and Emmanuel Macron inspecting the 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards. (Crown Copyright/Cpl Timothy Jones)
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Franco-British Sandhurst Summit: acting together in defense and security (V2)

(B2) Meeting at the Royal Military Academy of Sandhurst, the French President (Emmanuel Macron) and the British Prime Minister (Theresa May) reaffirmed on Thursday January 18 their desire to strengthen the existing links between the two

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French and Germans want to provide the EU with its own capabilities in military matters but also in civil protection (credit: General Staff of the Armed Forces / DICOD)
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French and Germans propose a 'European Security Compact'. Details of the 20 proposals

(B2) Faced with Brexit, the French and German foreign ministers have prepared a response for a stronger Europe. A text of about ten pages of proposals was thus designed, in Paris

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Notebook (14.06.2016). EEAS (board). COPS (displacement). NATO (Sga intelligence). Eunavfor Med (UN resolution). Libya (NATO). France (promotion). Sweden (United Kingdom cooperation). Orlando (attack). Middle East (denuclearization). Nuclear Tests (Treatise). MI6 (Belhaj). Deal…

(B2) Recently released: Go East! NATO deploys 4 battalions to its eastern borders On the agenda of the Foreign Affairs Council, June 20 The reform of crisis management structures at the EEAS

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