Mali: another European intervention without the EU?
As French forces are engaged in combat operations in Mali, even belated EU involvement remains crucial, to ensure that the intervention fits in with the political end-state that the EU […]
EU strategy and foreign policy
Publications
External publications
Strategic bilateralism or effective multilateralism? The EU, the SCO and SAARC
This chapter looks critically at the complex yet overlooked relationship between the European Union (EU) and two regional organisations from Central and South Asia: the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and […]
Studia Diplomatica
Vol. LXV, Issue 4 (2012)
-European External Action Service: towards the 2013 review, Hylke Dijkstra -High level representation, Marc Franco -The high-level representation of the EU in the G20, Juha Jokela -Reviewing the EU’s crisis […]
Raiders of the lost art: strategy-making in Europe
Have Europeans lost the art of making grand strategy? In a reflection process initiated by Sweden, Poland, Italy and Spain, they are invited to rediscover it and draft a “European […]
External publications
The UK and European Defence: leading or leaving?
The UK, with France, initiated the European, today Common, Security and Defence Policy (ESDP/CSDP) in 1998–9. A strong consensus on the need to address capability shortfalls, which the UK accepted […]
External publications
Permanent structured cooperation light: less formal, not less necessary
The complex nature of the security challenges and the rampant global financial crisis has not left the realm of Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) unaffected. Amidst these unstable conditions, […]