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Kill the Battlegroups
Article traduit en français sur la plateforme Le Rubicon. The outlines of the draft Strategic Compass that EU Defence Ministers discussed earlier this week are becoming clear. It is an […]
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The coordination problem in European defence planning
First published at IISS. The European Union has taken several steps since 1999 to achieve its so-called ‘headline goal’ for defence coordination: the ability to create and deploy a […]
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Post-Cotonou EU-Burundi relations: the need to maintain international pressure to tackle ongoing human rights violations
Since its independence, Burundi has been the theatre of violence and human rights violations that have left the population severely traumatised. A small landlocked country in central Africa, its internal […]
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Geopolitical impact of the US exit from Afghanistan on the conflict in Syria and in the Middle East
The US final exit from Afghanistan and the trouble it created among allies, mainly because of the conditions under which it happened, continue to impact the strategic agenda of stakeholders […]
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Come on, Biden, Let’s Talk!
The Organisation does not like this idea. You know what the Organisation expects from you. This is the message that NATO Secretary-General Stoltenberg sends to certain European capitals about the […]
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Corruption in the Congolese Army: Three Lessons for Modern Democracies
During his state visit to Ituri, in June 2021, Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi deplored the high levels of corruption within the Congolese army. He considered it a major obstacle to […]