EU seeks truly strategic partners
On the EU’s strategic partnerships, their meaning and purposes. This commentary was published ahead of the 2010 European Council that addressed this issue. It was published simultaneously in French under […]
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De patstelling in het Afghaanse ‘oorlogje’
in De Morgen, 15 Sept. 2010. (Photo credit: Pixabay)
Countering Afghan narcotics: a litmus test for effective NATO and Russia cooperation?
Afghan opiates kill 100,000 people a year globally. Every year NATO countries lose over 10,000 people to heroin overdoses. In Russia an estimated 30,000 to 40,000 people die of drug […]
Searching for a Brussels Machiavelli
Neither a Machiavelli or a Bismarck has yet emerged from Brussels but it is time for the EU to start thinking about being a power on the world stage. A […]
Strategy wanted: the European union and strategic partnerships
The European Union (EU) has nine strategic partnerships with third countries, but the rationale behind these is far from evident, and the implementation questionable. Therefore, the raison d’être of these […]
Strategy and the importance of defence cooperation among EU member states
In the Royal Military Academy in Brussels on 13 July 2010 Jolyon Howorth gave the opening speech at a seminar on Permanent Structured Cooperation organized by the Belgian Presidency. This […]