The Lisbon Strategy: which failure? whose failure? and why?
Pessimistic comments are crowding the media about the failure of the Lisbon strategy. At the end of 2004, the latest report of the Kok group has emphasized “the failure of […]
Egmont papers
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Between al-Andalus and a failing integration Europe’s pursuit of a long-term counterterrorism strategy in the post-al-Qaeda era
“Now, in 2004, with Al Qaeda having risen and mostly fallen, the threats that US intelligence must monitor in the current decade have in a sense returned to what existed […]
Regional security and global governance: a proposal for a ‘regional-global security mechanism’ in light of the UN high-level panel’s report
This Egmont Paper is essentially a reduced version of a 180-page study undertaken during 2004 under the auspices of the UN University’s Comparative Regional Integration Studies Programme (UNU-CRIS). Our thanks […]
An audit of European strategy
On 12 December 2003, the European Council approved Javier Solana’s European Security Strategy. Few EU documents represent such a clear – and clearlyworded – advance in thinking. Since its adoption, […]
Global governance: the next frontier, a concept on global governance as a guide for a new ambition in international diplomacy
1. When the Cold War ended, it was generally thought that a new international era was about to begin. Emphasis on military security seemed to fade away. International diplomacy turned […]
A European security concept for the 21st century, a Belgian contribution to a comprehensive EU security strategy
1. The first responsibility of any government is to protect its citizens from harm and to provide them with an environment that induces confidence in the future. Europe as an […]