South Africa and the EU: a tense partnership
South Africa is a key partner for Europe in its relations with Africa.That is why the EU has a strategic partnership with South Africa since 2007. But the relations between […]
Publications
Must Juncker be appointed as the next President of the European commission?
Following the electoral campaign for the European Parliament, there is no easy way to resolve the nomination of the next Commission’s president. The European Council’s proposition needs a very careful […]
Social Europe, a strategic matter
Europe’s social model is not a luxury, but a pillar of the peace project of European integration and a source of “soft power”. Time perhaps to start respecting our own […]
Can the European Union survive without importing Russian energy sources?
Russia is the biggest exporter of fossil energy sources on this Earth. It exports gas, petrol, coal, uranium to the European Union. The EU could feasibly abandon Russian energy sources, but […]
Big manoeuvres in eastern Europe
In this article, Sven Biscop looks at President Obama’s recently announced ‘European Reassurance Initiative’ and its implications for European defence.
The American way of partnership
The United States has forged formal bilateral ‘strategic partnerships’ and developed strategic dialogues with scores of partners around the globe. This paper examines the purpose and content of US ‘strategic […]