Europe and China’s New Silk Roads
The purpose of this report is to provide a comparative perspective of China’s ‘One Belt, One Road’ initiative (OBOR), as seen from the various European Union (EU) member states. It covers the […]
EU strategy and foreign policy
Publications
External publications
Debate: What are the real prospects for strengthened European defence?
Sven Biscop and Julian Lindley-French go in debate for the magazine NATO Review on what Europeans must do more to strengthen Europe’s security and defence in a challenging geopolitical environment.
Commentaries
IS-held territory will be reconquered – and then?
If Europe cannot engage as a security actor in its own neighbourhood, it will be locked out of the region.
Permanent Sovereign COoperation (PESCO) to underpin the EU Global Strategy
The EU now has a full-fledged Global Strategy for Foreign and Security Policy – and defence. Just in time. The EUGS includes a clear political level of ambition as well […]
European defence core groups. The why, what & how of permanent structured cooperation
The deteriorating security situation around Europe and the burgeoning messages from Washington that Europe has to take more responsibility for its own security call for a step change in European […]
Has Trump reshuffled the cards for Europe?
“I think NATO may be obsolete”. When Donald Trump, the next President of the United States, spoke these words during the campaign, he most likely had only a vague idea […]