Security Policy Briefs

The Security Policy Briefs are the short policy papers of the Europe in the World Programme, published since Sept. 2009. They address relevant issues to European and worldwide policy-makers and offer concrete and direct recommendations.

• Belgian Defence Policy: The Fight Goes On, Sven Biscop, Security Policy Brief 32, Dec. 2011.
• Afghanistan’s Future: Foreign and Local Solutions for a Fought-Over Country, Alain Hanssen, Security Policy Brief 31, Dec. 2011.
• Foreign Policy and the Euro: We Have an Idea, Sven Biscop, Security Policy Brief 30, Nov. 2011.
• A New External Action Service Needs a New European Security Strategy, Sven Biscop, Security Policy Brief 29, Nov. 2011.
• EU Training for Civilian CSDP – Which Coherence?, Gauthier Jacob, Security Policy Brief 28, Sept. 2011.
• The Emerging Powers and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Regime, Tom Sauer, Security Policy Brief 27, Sept. 2011.
• Which Strategy for CSDP?, Jean-Paul Perruche, Security Policy Brief 26, June 2011.
• Palestinian Unity Government: EU Should Find Ways to Cooperate, Deborah Casalin and Brigitte Herremans, Security Policy Brief 25, May 2011.
• Assessing the EU’s Strategic Partnerships in the UN System, Thomas Renard and Bas Hooijmaaijers, Security Policy Brief 24, May 2011.
• Pooling & Sharing: From Slow March to Quick March?, Sven Biscop and Jo Coelmont, Security Policy Brief 23, May 2011.
• The European Union: Time to Further Peace and Justice, Laura Davis, Security Policy Brief 22, April 2011.
• The 2010 Belgian EU Presidency and CSDP, Johan Andries, Security Policy Brief 21, April 2011.
• Libya and the Post-American World: Implications for the EU, Thomas Renard, Security Policy Brief 20, April 2011.
• Mayhem in the Mediterranean: Three Strategic Lessons for Europe, Sven Biscop, Security Policy Brief 19, April 2011.
• First Lessons from the Libya Operations, Jo Coelmont, Security Policy Brief 18, April 2011.
• A Long-Term Strategy for Libya and the Mediterranean: Over to the European Union, Sven Biscop, Security Policy Brief 17, March 2011.
• From Lisbon to Lisbon: Squaring the Circle of EU and NATO Future Roles, Sven Biscop, Security Policy Brief 16, Jan. 2011.
• The political, legal, and military implications of outsourcing to private military companies, Patrick Wouters, Security Policy Brief 15, Nov. 2010.
• Countering Afghan narcotics: a litmus test for effective NATO and Russia cooperation?, Patrick Nopens, Security Policy Brief 14, Sept. 2010.
• Strategy Wanted: The European Union and Strategic Partnerships, Thomas Renard, Security Policy Brief 13, Sept. 2010.
• Strategy and the Importance of Defence Cooperation among EU Member States, Jolyon Howorth, Security Policy Brief 12, Sept. 2010.
• Permanent Structured Cooperation in Defense of the Obvious, Sven Biscop and Jo Coelmont, Security Policy Brief 11, June 2010. Also as EUISS Opinion.
• A New Security Architecture for Europe? Russian Proposals and Western Reactions Part II, Patrick Nopens, Security Policy Brief 10, April 2010.
• Permanent Structured Cooperation for Effective European Armed Forces, Sven Biscop and Jo Coelmont, Security Policy Brief 9, March 2010.
• The Impact of Global Warming on the Geopolitics of the Arctic. A Historical Opportunity for Russia?, Patrick Nopens, Security Policy Brief 8, March 2010.
• A Grand Strategy: Does it Matter in the Real World?, Jo Coelmont, Security Policy Brief 7, Feb. 2010.
• To Rule The Waves: Why a Maritime Geostrategy is Needed to Sustain European Union, James Rogers, Security Policy Brief 6, Jan. 2010.
• A Need for Strategy in a Multipolar World: Recommendations to the EU after Lisbon, Thomas Renard and Sven Biscop, Security Policy Brief 5, Jan. 2010.
• Egmont’s Grand Strategy Project. A Strategy for the European Union in the Post-Cold War International System: a Third-party, Frédéric Ramel, Security Policy Brief 4, Jan. 2010.
• A New Security Architecture for Europe? Russian Proposal and Western Reactions, Patrick Nopens, Security Policy Brief 3, Nov. 2009.
• End-State Afghanistan: A European Perspective, Jo Coelmont, Security Policy Brief 2, Nov. 2009.
• The Iranian Elections from a Distance, Jelle Puelings, Security Policy Brief 1, Sept. 2009.

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