Towards a new multilateral energy architecture?
From climate change over peak oil to the geopolitical scramble for the Arctic, there are ample signs that a global energy crisis is unfolding. The sheer scale and urgency of […]
Publications
EU counterterrorism policies and institutions after the Lisbon Treaty
This policy brief looks at the impact of the Lisbon Treaty on the EU’s counter-terrorism policy and institutions. It concludes by reflecting on the need to review the existing European […]
Vol. LXV, Issue 3 (2012)
– EU trade policy and the European Security Strategy. Speaking the same language in different worlds, Jan Orbie, Lotte Drieghe and Fabienne Bossuyt – A “force for good”? External images […]
Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa after Meles
Report – Africa Briefing of the Observatoire de l’Afrique, Sept. 2012. (Photo credit: RubyGoes, Flickr)
The EU’s sanctions against Syria: conflict management by other means
Since May 2011, the EU has launched one of its most far reaching and sophisticated sanctions operations in support of the protests against the current regime in Syria. The present […]
Military capabilities: from pooling & sharing to a permanent and structured approach
In 2013 the European Council for the first time since long will deal with European defence. An excellent opportunity: to move key Pooling & Sharing projects to the implementation stage […]