Commentaries
PESCO: Good News for NATO from the EU
Good news: the US and, in its wake, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, are getting concerned about the EU’s defence plans. Those should not lead to a duplication of NATO, nor […]
European defence / NATO
Publications
Brexit, Strategy, and the EU: Britain takes leave
The 100th Egmont Paper deals with an issue that, unfortunately, provides little cause for celebration: the impact of Brexit on European diplomacy and defence. Unless, as Sven Biscop argues, a […]
Cyber-diplomacy: the making of an international society in the digital age
Cyberspace has become a major locus and focus of international relations. Most global powers have now streamlined cyber issues into their foreign policies, adopting cyber strategies, and appointing designated diplomats […]
External publications
A strong and united European core
Article by Alexander Mattelaer published in “Europe in 2030: four alternative futures“, Elcano Policy Paper, Luis Simón & Ulrich Speck (eds.) – December 2017. (Photo credit: ©EuropeanUnion-1995-2017)
The EU Global Strategy: Implications for Russia
Bringing together contributions from Egmont and the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the report “The EU Global Strategy: Implications for Russia” addresses key bilateral issues, such as resilience […]
European Defence: What’s in the CARDs for PESCO?
Suddenly everything is happening at once: Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO), the Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD), the European Defence Fund (EDF)… The launch of PESCO is expected before the […]