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Congo’s political crisis after 19 December
Protests and arrests have been centred on the Democratic Republic of Congo’s major cities, but we should also pay attention to more rural areas. This commentary was first published in […]
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IS-held territory will be reconquered – and then?
If Europe cannot engage as a security actor in its own neighbourhood, it will be locked out of the region.
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Brexit will not be « the greatest negotiation of all times”
After reading another declaration about the titanic nature of the Brexit negotiation, in some kind of Proustian reminiscence, I went back to my childhood. Of course, for children’s eyes all […]
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Uncertain reform call meets structural rigidities: The EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy in 2016
Christian Deubner assesses how a strengthened and more binding integration of the external security and defence policies of the EU Member States could improve their security in the Union’s more dangerous […]
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Construct European Defence in Brussels
Now that a window of opportunity seems to exist to move from defence cooperation to defence integration in Europe, Belgium especially should push hard in order not to waste the […]
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The mounting dislocation of EU law
In a noteworthy recent analysis, Margaret Macmillan affirmed that Europe will hold fast against populism. “Respect for the rule of law will overcome any chance of a return to the […]