Toward a new Euro-Atlantic security framework
In November 2011, Moscow threatened to deploy tactical nuclear weaponry in Kaliningrad in response to US Missile Defense (MD) radar systems to be deployed in Turkey.
In November 2011, Moscow threatened to deploy tactical nuclear weaponry in Kaliningrad in response to US Missile Defense (MD) radar systems to be deployed in Turkey.
Is it just sabre-rattling or should we worry about the war of words between Washington and Tehran? François Picard’s panel argues over the impact of sanctions both on the regime and ordinary Iranians. France 24
The increasing levels of transatlantic security cooperation since 9/11 have given birth to new policy instruments. These have often been criticised for shifting the balance between liberty and security. This paper explores new policy avenues worth pursuing in the broader security context.
Following the elections in the DRC, it is likely that a small circle of ruling elites will tighten their grip on the state. Space for political opposition and civil society will shrink. To prevent this, the trust of the Congolese people in the political process must, at least partly, be restored.
"In the future, when the Dalai Lama comes to Europe, the European governments will think twice about making statements about China's human rights," says Nicola Casarini, research fellow at the E.U.'s Institute for Security Studies in Paris.
"These banks have no choice, the interconnectedness of the world's financial system economy means the price of the euro's collapse will be paid by everyone," said Nicola Casarini, research fellow at the EU Institute for Security Studies. China Daily
As the IAEA latest report claims Iran could be on the path to developing nuclear weapons, what will Israel do? Al Jazeera
The Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention will convene in Geneva for the 7th Review Conference between 5-22 December 2011. Because scientific research and the industrial application of this science contain certain inherent dangers, this paper argues that it is imperative that the stakeholders in industry and academia are brought into the BTWC discussions.
Nicola Casarini, research fellow at the EU Institute for Security Studies, told China Daily that "it is a poll done for political reasons and to show support to the growing numbers of Tory euro skeptics in the parliament". China Daily
“The agenda of the summit focuses on current events, Middle East and North Africa, Iran, economy. All those issues have been discussed at length already in other settings.