The ABC of European Union strategy: ambition, benchmark, culture
Europe does not threaten anyone, Europe is geared to stability; Europe has no enemies nor does it have territorial aspirations. It could be a heavy-weight force, but Europe as a […]
EU strategy and foreign policy
Publications
Studia Diplomatica
Vol. LX, Issue 3 (2007): Peace and security in Central Africa. Interventional intervention in Africa. NATO and ESDP
PEACE AND SECURITY IN CENTRAL AFRICA – Un premier pas vers une doctrine des opérations robustes?, Xavier Zeebroek – Dynamiques de cohabitation entre populations civiles et le groupe armé FDLR: […]
Books
The EU and the European Security Strategy. Forging a global Europe
The European Security Strategy (ESS) has become an important reference framework for the EU since its inception in 2003. Without strategy an actor can only really be a ‘reactor’ to […]
External publications
Europa en het Midden-Oosten: tijd voor leiderschap – naast of tegenover de Verenigde Staten
in Internationale Spectator, jg. 61, nr. 4, april 2007, pp. 218-219. (Photo credit: Pixabay)
Europa moet meer leiderschap tonen
in De Tijd, 03 April 2007. (Photo credit: rockcohen, Flickr)
For a ‘more active’ EU in the Middle East. Transatlantic relations and the strategic implications of Europe’s engagement with Iran, Lebanon and Israel-Palestine
The 2003 European Security Strategy (ESS), calls for the EU to be ‘more active’ in pursuing its strategic objectives. The two probably most salient examples of a ‘more active’ EU […]