What strategic direction should Euro-Atlantic security cooperation take? And what are the major challenges that need to be addressed? This roundtable, taking place in Brussels on 16 September 2011, reflected upon these crucial issues faced on both sides of the Atlantic.
This first US Task Force, organised with the support of the European Commission and the United States Mission to the European Union, stimulated an interesting debate at transatlantic level on the development of homeland security, focusing in particular on the future balance between liberty and security.
The oft-stated phrase that 9/11 has changed our lives is true, argues Patryk Pawlak. Marking the 10th anniversary of the attacks, he examines how they have tipped the delicate balance between security and freedom. Deutsche Welle
The EU Institute for Security Studies is seeking to recruit a Research Fellow with a specialist knowledge of CSDP and other defence-related issues.
The EU Institute for Security Studies is seeking to recruit a Research Fellow with a specialist knowledge of Russia and the eastern neighbourhood.
The EU Institute for Security Studies is seeking to recruit an Assistant/Secretary for Research Fellows.
The commemoration of 10 years since the attacks of 9/11 is an opportunity to both remember the victims and their families and to reflect on the evolution of our society since those tragic events.
Ten years after the barbarian attacks against the Americans, have we even understood its long-term impact? Was the Bush administration right in thinking that 9/11 changed the world?
As the 42-year dictatorship in Libya nears its end, it is important we get it right in dealing with the post-Gaddafi era as the process moves, in all likelihood, from military confrontation to democratic transition.
«L’histoire nous montre que lorsque la conquête du pouvoir se fait par les armes plutôt que de manière pacifique, la légitimité militaire entre en contradiction avec la légitimité démocratique», rappelle Alvaro de Vasconcelos, directeur de l’Institut d’études de sécurité de l’Union européenne.