First lessons from the Libya operations
In this Security Policy Brief, Jo Coelmont expresses his concern, if a comprehensive vision within the EU would remain absent. (Photo credit: Metziker, Flickr)
European defence / NATO
Publications
A long-term strategy for Libya and the Mediterranean: over to the European Union
Now that operations have started, all eyes are fixed on the military intervention in Libya. That can only be useful though in the context of a comprehensive political strategy for […]
Studia Diplomatica
Vol. LXIV, Issue1 (2011)
– A Strategy for CSDP, Sven Biscop and Jo Coelmont – The EU Battlegroups: options for the future, Gustav Lindstrom – EU Strategy, CSDP and the European Space Programme, Michael […]
EUnity of command – The planning and conduct of CSDP operations
With the aim of contributing to the debate about the agenda of the forthcoming Polish Presidency of the EU in the second half of 2011, in November 2010 Egmont organized […]
The political, legal, and military implications of outsourcing to private military companies
Recurrent and systematic underin-vestment (or inadequate management) results in capability shortfalls, that can only be compen sated by ‘outsourcing’ to Private Mili tary Companies. While the use of private companies […]
External publications
The EU, NATO and military capabilities: coordinating windmills
The future of the North Atlantic Alliance is of paramount importance for EU foreign policy. Yet no official EU perspective has been publicly formulated on NATO’s 2010 strategic concept, or […]