Commentaries
In an age of major power shifts, which we know from history always to be particularly dangerous, different scenarios are possible; the only promising one is that of more and […]
External publications
The reigning mood in Europe certainly appeared to be ‘post-interventionist’. With the end of a long drawn-out and inconclusive deployment to Afghanistan finally in sight and with defense budgets under […]
External publications
European countries work together in crisis management, conflict prevention and many other aspects of security and defence policy. Closer cooperation in this policy arena seems to be the only viable […]
External publications
C’est sur la base d’intérêts identifiés et de responsabilités assumées que les Européens peuvent imaginer leur action militaire collective pour sécuriser leur voisinage, protéger leurs intérêts, notamment maritimes, et participer […]
The Arab Spring is happening in spite of the European Union, not thanks to it. That fact calls for a serious reappraisal of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) towards our […]
European countries’ defence budgets are shrinking under the pressure of the spending reviews, in contrast with a global defence expenditure that is on the rise and the multiplication of common […]