Commentaries
The treachery of strategies
This short blog entry reviews the EU’s development and implementation of its so-called ‘strategic partnerships’. It summarizes the main findings of Egmont Paper 45.
EU and strategic partners
Publications
Libya and the post-American world: implications for the EU
This Security Policy Brief looks at the vote on the UNSC resolution on Libya and tries to see in it some signs of the new international order in the making.Why […]
External publications
The strategic union: rising to the multipolar challenge
It’s all very well saying the EU’s great strength lies in its capacity to speak with one voice on international affairs, argue Thomas Renard and Sven Biscop, but to what […]
A new geography of European power?
The naval historian and geostrategist, Alfred Thayer Mahan, understood theutility of military power perhaps better than anyone before or since. In an articlecalled The Place of Force in International Relations […]
EU-China: Building upon a dialogue among strategic partners
The European Union (EU) and China celebrated 35 years of diplomatic relations in 2010. Since 1975, both actors have followed their own path – continuous integration and enlargement for the […]
External publications
The strategic union: rising to the multipolar challenge
in Upgrading the EU’s Role as Global Actor (EN) – Faire de l’UE un véritable acteur mondial (FR), Europe Diplomatie et Défense, n°382, 25 January 2011, pp. 2-3. (Photo credit: […]