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Coelmont: the desired strategic outcome of the EU Council on defence
Will the EU summit on 19 December 2013 be seen as a milestone in the development of our Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP), similar to the St. Malo meeting […]
EU strategy and foreign policy
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Security post-2014: what role for the EU and NATO?
EU-NATO relations ahead of the European Council in December 2013. Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly EU-NATO relations ahead of the European Council in December 2013. JOINT MEETING […]
The European Council and defence: the state of our ambition
Does Europe still have an ambition in defence beyond that of its academics, i.e. to write papers about it? When the President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, put […]
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Coelmont: A memorandum for the European Council on Security and Defence
The upcoming European Council on Security and Defence in December 2013 will be crucial to the future of European strategic policy. Here are seven points of action that the Heads […]
Europe and the world or snow white and the seven fallacies
European foreign policy: the words do not conjure up any grand images. In the absence of any real ambition, there are neither triumphs to celebrate nor disasters to mourn. There […]
Partnering for a nuclear-safe world: the EU, its strategic partners and nuclear non-proliferation
The European Union has identified the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction as one of the greatest threats to its security. This paper aims at assessing the EU’s approach to […]