An Arab springboard for EU foreign policy?
The EU has not been perceived as reacting very rapidly or effectively to the socalled Arab Spring. Events do validate the underpinning idea of the European Security Strategy and the […]
EU strategy and foreign policy
Publications
High politics in the ‘Grand Area’ – Can Europeans have global impact in a multipolar age?
Can Europeans have global impact in a multipolar age?’. This snapshot examines the rise of ‘strategic partnerships’, the ‘Grand Area’ and the connexion between the two. It argues that through […]
External publications
CSDP: the strategic perspective
Sven Biscop and Per M. Norheim-Martinsen contributed a chapter to a major new academic publication on CSDP, Explaining the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy. Theory in action (Palgrave), Xymena […]
Obama takes on the LRA. Why Washington sent troops to Central Africa
Two events underlie the renewed interest. First, in October, U.S. President Barack Obama announced that he would be sending “combat-equipped troops” on a kill-or-capture mission to take out Kony in […]
A new External Action Service needs a new European security strategy
No strategy lasts forever. The time has come to review and to complete the European Security Strategy. The necessity is evident; so is the opportunity, with the entry into force […]
The treachery of strategies: a call for true EU strategic partnerships [Russian]
Who are the EU’s strategic partners? What is the purpose of these partnerships? This paper offers a critical assessment of EU strategic partnerships. [This article is in Russian. It was […]