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Notebook (29.03.2017). EUNAVFOR Med (head). EUFOR Althea (leader). EUBAM Libya (Tripoli). EUSSR Iraq (note). GovSatCom (mandate). Moldova (security agreement). COPS (calendar). Russia (Le Pen/Sanctions). NATO (ministerial). NATO-Russia (meeting). Czechia…

(B2) Recently published: Poland slams the door of the Eurocorps, out of political resentment. A strategic mistake (V2) Aisha Gaddafi, the daughter of the Libyan leader, obtains a symbolic condemnation from the EU New pirate attack on the

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Notebook (10.01.2017). EUAM Ukraine, EUCAP Somalia, EUTM RCA (head). COPS (diary). AU Mission Burundi (financing). CAE (diary). EU delegations (internships). Turkish deserters (Verhofstadt). Czech-Slovakia (air). United Kingdom (A400M, laser weapon). France…

(B2) Recently published: File No. 48. Cypriot reunification: a long-term negotiation The last round of the Cypriot negotiation? Some thorny points still to be resolved The British PR responsible for negotiating

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Notebook (04.01.2017). North Korea (delisting). RSUE. Iraq (freezing of funds). Deaths in the Mediterranean (2016 report). Syria (investigation report). Minul (extended). In-flight refueling tankers (Belgium). Lithuania-USA (agreement). Nordic cooperation (report).…

(B2) Recently published: An agreement to end the crisis in DR Congo with a one-year transition EUAM Ukraine will reform 20 police stations in 2017 (blog) The new ministers of Foreign Affairs and

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Notebook (07.12.2016). EUTM Mali (Belgium). Court (recruitment). Türkiye (enlargement). Libya (Daesh/humanitarian aid). UNMIL (future). RCA (sexual abuse). Czech Rep. (Constitution). Norway (Poseidon). Spain (helicopters). Portugal (defense). Netherlands (colonial memory). Syria (UN/Aleppo).…

(B2) Recently published: The EU and NATO want to define the markers of a renewed cooperation. Objective: to overcome the ghosts of the past Sea Guardian: a limited-scale operation (blog) EUTM Mali's priorities: re-training,

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Notebook (30.11.2016). PSDC (schedule). EU-NATO (cyber defence). Consensus for development. Poland-UK (defense). Defense budget (Croatia, Czech Rep.).Croatia (defense budget). Armament (OSCE). Airbus (grants). Libya (control). Cyprus (negotiations). Fidel Castro…

(B2) Recently published: Defense package. Commission pursues infringement proceedings (exclusive) Two recommendations to better enforce domestic rules on transfer of defense assets Funds for defense key to plan

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Notebook (31.05.2016) Crimea sanctions. EUTM Mali (contractor). Slovakia (PSDC). United Kingdom (arms embargo/Libya). Czechia (General Staff). UNIFIL (Chief). A400M delay. Clearing House. European Army (denial). Mali (attacks). Chad (Hissène…

(B2) Recently released: Parliament revises border guard proposal. Details A Finn succeeds an Austrian at the head of the General Staff Army, police, coast guard… why I refuse the policy of El-Sarraj (Omar al-Aswad)

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Notebook (24.05.2016). Global Strategy (EC). Iran (assets freeze). Libya (ship). EU-Georgia-Moldova (association). Alindian. Normandy format (meeting). Georgia (concern). Iran (Narges Mohammadi). Türkiye (immunity/Binai Yildirim). Kenya (refugees). Singapore (execution). Tunisia…

(B2) Recently published: South Sudan. The EU wants concrete in the transition agreements Elections in the DRC. Europe is raising its voice. A little review of the Iraq-Syria-Daesh strategy. The 28 want more support for the government

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Fayez Saraj aboard the Libyan ship (credit: F. Saraj)
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Notebook (31.03.2016). Türkiye-EU (conclusions). Libya (COPS). Iraq (Czech trainers). Netherlands (army). Slovenia (rest time). France (B2M). United Kingdom (defence attachés). Greece (Frontex staff, humanitarian aid). France (Multi-mission vessel). Libya…

(B2) Recently published: EUTM Mali's third mandate approved (blog) Migrants rescued in the Mediterranean Sea © Confidential PESC / PSDC © EU-Turkey. Error in conclusions. A corrected version of the conclusions of the summit

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