Recalibrating CSDP-NATO relations: the real pivot
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 […]
Europe in the World
Publications
And what will Europe do? The European Council and military strategy
Important decisions on Europe’s military capabilities are expected from the December 2013 European Council. But why? What do Europeans actually want to do with their capabilities? The answer to that […]
Defense: and what will Europe do?
The debate about European defense tends to focus on the need to spend more and deploy more. One deceptively simple question is usually ignored: why? Americans seem to assume that […]
After the crisis: some thoughts on a global EU – or how to turn a crisis into regeneration
Good ideas sometimes spring out of crises. The European Union itself was ‘invented’ from a crisis, conceived in the rubble of the Second World War. It is less frequently recalled […]
External publications
Q&A on EU-China relations
Discussion between Thomas Renard and CASS senior researcher Jiang Shixue on the future of the EU-China strategic partnership. See the publication here. (Photo credit: EEAS, Flickr)
Think global – act European. Thinking strategically about the EU’s external action
Dir. by Elvire Fabry, Senior Research Fellow, Notre Europe – Jacques Delors Institute. – full version – synthesis, April 2013. (Photo credit: European Parliament, Flickr)