Security

NATO’s call for Eastern Europe: beyond “territorial red lines”, into a realm of strategic realism

The dust hasn’t settled over the crisis in Ukraine, and yet commentators speak out that the new Cold War has begun. In extent, some basically wonder whether the Cold War had really ever ended in the first place? Anachronisms aside, the North-Atlantic mutual defence alliance is at the crossroads (…)

Wednesday 29 October 2014

Future options for European defense

By monopolising the attention of European governments and institutions, the Euro crisis is once again overshadowing an equally pressing issue: that of military cooperation amongst member states. Thirteen years into the Saint-Malo summit, in which France and the UK set the stage for its promising (…)

Friday 20 January 2012

What New Nexus for Security and Defence?

There is a growing indication of common-mindedness and chances for solidifying partnerships between Washington, Brussels and Moscow on global security and defence issues beyond entrenched or ‘institutionalized’ barriers. Much of this convergence process takes place against the backdrop of a New (…)

Monday 22 November 2010

The EU’s emerging security role in the Western Balkans

In the wake of the violent conflicts that marked the recent history of the Western Balkan region, the EU considers it as a priority to promote the development of peace, stability, prosperity and freedom in the SEE countries. Let’s have a look on how things evolved taking as an example the (…)

Wednesday 12 November 2008

Eurocorps: future European army or missed attempt?

The Lisbon Treaty will offer new paths of development for a European Defence. The structured co-operation, introduced by the Treaty, will permit to some States to go further in the field of defence. But a European army composed of some Member States already exists. Evolution or revolution? (…)

Sunday 13 July 2008

Security and Defence after the Lisbon Treaty

When and if Ireland ratifies the Lisbon Treaty on 12 June the European Union (EU) would have overcome the impasse that accompanied the rejection of the EU Constitution. The Lisbon Treaty will facilitate some necessary changes to the EU’s institutional operability, not least in relation to the (…)

Friday 6 June 2008
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