Searching for a Brussels Machiavelli
Neither a Machiavelli or a Bismarck has yet emerged from Brussels but it is time for the EU to start thinking about being a power on the world stage. A […]
Europe in the World
Publications
Strategy wanted: the European union and strategic partnerships
The European Union (EU) has nine strategic partnerships with third countries, but the rationale behind these is far from evident, and the implementation questionable. Therefore, the raison d’être of these […]
Strategy and the importance of defence cooperation among EU member states
In the Royal Military Academy in Brussels on 13 July 2010 Jolyon Howorth gave the opening speech at a seminar on Permanent Structured Cooperation organized by the Belgian Presidency. This […]
European studies discovers strategy
Sven Biscop shows modernised, broader definition of strategy allows for the useful application of the strategic perspective to the European Union, which has become an actor in its own right […]
The Old World’s importance to the new world order
Is the European Union – or even its Member States – still a key ally for the United States? Is the Atlantic Alliance in decline? To be sure the alleged […]
Permanent structured cooperation. In defence of the obvious
CSDP needs a new stimulus. The Lisbon Treaty actually provides several, not in the least the appointment of a permanent President of the European Council and the strengthening of the […]