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 […]
Europe in the World
Publications
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)
The Future of the Benelux Defence Cooperation
Report of the seminar on Benelux Defence Cooperation, May 2013. This report is based on input for a seminar on Benelux Defence Cooperation which took place on 9 April 2013 […]
A European global security strategy: offering seven-league boots to become a global actor
In mid-2012 the Foreign Ministers of Italy, Poland, Spain and Sweden took the initiative to launch the debate on a “European Global Strategy” and invited think tanks to set up […]