Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(B2) For Pedro Serrano, Deputy Secretary General of the European Diplomatic Service, the European Union remains “surrounded by crises” and is seeing its strategic environment transform. To adapt, it must better understand the conflicts in
Read(B2 Pro) Faced with the measures taken by the Trump administration in 2018 to reinstate extraterritorial sanctions on any company trading with Iran in certain sectors, the European Commission has decided to reactivate the mechanism put in place
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(B2) Robertas Sapronas, Lithuanian Director of Defense Policy, and Kathryn Wheelbarger, U.S. Assistant Secretary (Acting) of Defense for International Security Affairs, on Tuesday (April 2) signed a
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(B2) The Heads of State and Government of the European Union endorsed on Friday (March 22) a change of gear vis-à-vis China, like other world powers, which do not always behave fairly At
Read(B2) Recently released: EU Special Representatives must be more visible! The five key recommendations of the European Parliament Defense treaty, Schengen area, economy… Emmanuel Macron's ideas for the renaissance
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(B2) The news is of a ceremonial nature. But it is important. The US State Department announced on Monday (March 4), on the occasion of the arrival of Stavros Lambrinidis as EU Ambassador in Washington, to have
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(B2 – exclusive) The Americans deployed a discreet but very offensive lobbying campaign in all institutional directions: MEPs, the European Commission, Member States… Target: the European Fund
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(B2) “A strong Europe needs strong symbols. The European Union needs to speak with a single voice which represents the interests of 500 million Europeans", indicated Wolfgang Ischinger, President of the
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(B2) The US State Department has downgraded the status of the European Union Delegation in Washington. It thus breaks with the practice observed since 2016. An act that is not only 'technical' but in
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(B2) Between the USA and Europe, the diplomatic divorce is not consummated, but assumed. The High Representative of the Union, Federica Mogherini, confirmed this before an American audience, detailing this divergence of position, which is more significant
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(B2) In a neat setting, on the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, interviewed by TF1, Emmanuel Macron gave some details on his relationship with Donald Trump and the United States of America, as well as on defense and
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(B2 in Vienna) Defense Ministers and then their EU Foreign Affairs counterparts meet in Vienna for their traditional semi-annual informal meeting On the agenda of Defense Ministers The meeting
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(B2) In a document made public on the Foreign Affairs website, Minister Heiko Maas defines the five axes of a new strategy with the United States. The most interesting point is to circumvent ostracism
Read(B2) Recently released: Six entities that participated in the construction of the bridge to Crimea sanctioned by the EU (blog) Relays at the head of Operation Sophia (blog) Successful trial for the solar drone
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(B2) The EU-US mini-summit held on Wednesday (July 25) in Washington DC with US President Donald Trump resulted in a reconciliation under the seal of a joint declaration which poorly conceals certain ambiguities The stated ambition
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(B2) A cooperation agreement was signed on Tuesday (July 2), on the sidelines of Prime Minister Mark Rutte's visit to Washington between the Netherlands and the USA in defense matters. Agreement signed by
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(B2) US Assistant Secretary of State for Non-Proliferation Christopher A. Ford* has warned Iran that it is "only interested in negotiating a separate deal with Europe, as a sort of waiting strategy
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(B2) US President Donald Trump no longer entertains Europeans. The G7 meeting in Charlevoix, Quebec on June 8 and 9 demonstrated this. The United States remains an essential partner. Is it still an ally
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(B2) Former American ambassador in Brussels, Anthony Gardner encouraged Europeans to be themselves, to be strong and not to allow themselves to be destabilized by the American President's mood swings: "The
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