The EU and its strategic partners
Herman Van Rompuy, José Manuel Barroso and Catherine Ashton have each identified strategic partnerships as a priority axis for their mandate, and most Member States agreed it should top the […]
Europe in the World
Publications
The impact of the withdrawal from Afghanistan on Russia’s security
ISAF’s withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2014 will directly impact the wider region. Not only is there a risk of instability spilling over to Central Asia,but the drawdown will also accelerate […]
External publications
Strategic prudence: The European Union and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is becoming an important forum for Russia, China and Central Asian states to discuss common concerns and develop joint initiatives. But it also reflects new […]
Commentaries
We are all Ukrainians
If Ukrainians are ready to die for freedom and democracy, under the EU banner, then we must respond to them loud and clear: ‘We are all Ukrainians’.
An industrious European Council on defence
The December 2013 Council meeting set in motion a number of important “roadmaps” for defence-industrial policy in Europe. Now the member states, the European Defence Agency and European Commission need […]
Commentaries
Strategy and social security
It has become a corny cliché, but it is true: the European Union (EU) is a peace project. The only way to avoid that two world wars would be followed […]