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Strategy and the importance of defence cooperation among EU member states
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In the Royal Military Academy in Brussels on 13 July 2010 Jolyon Howorth gave the opening speech at a seminar on Permanent Structured Cooperation organized by the Belgian Presidency. This Security Policy Brief is based on that speech, making a compelling case for military cooperation if the EU wants to remain strategically relevant.
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