Daniel Keohane, with the European Union Institute for Security Studies, said: “I think in fairness these smaller states do quite well out of the Europe Union. The fact that all those rules are there insures that the big states behave themselves." Euronews
An article by Marcin Zaborowski analysing the implications of President Obama's last week policy change on missile defence was published on newsweek.pl (in Polish).
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That argument will be all the louder as the economic downturn brings calls to keep jobs in America, said research fellow Daniel Keohane at the European Union Institute for Security Studies. DefenseNews
Daniel Keohane of the European Union Institute for Security Studies agrees, suggesting that the lessons-learned phase may trigger a debate in many countries about the use of force, but he doubts that countries will drop their caveats as a result of it. DefenseNews
Muriel Asseburg and Paul Salem look at the prospects for Euro-Mediterranean initiatives against the current troubled backdrop of the Middle East, and in particular the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The long-term objective of creating a Euro-Mediterranean Community will not be fulfilled without a lasting peace in the region.
Part of a larger project organised by three US think-tanks, the purpose of this seminar was to determine how the US and the EU can work more effectively on security cooperation, including a vast agenda of issues beyond the framework of NATO, as well as how to combat criminal and terrorist networks.
It came as no surprise to hear Turkish and Armenian policymakers announce that they are launching final talks to establish diplomatic relations.
Giovanni Grevi, a scholar at the European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS), cleverly describes this as an “interpolar world”.* But we do not know yet whether competition will prevail over co-operation or vice-versa. The Financial Times
Negar Josephi har träffat Rozbeh Parsi som är sakkunnig vid EU:s institut för säkerhetsstudier i Paris och därmed medverkar till att forma EUs politik gentemot Iran.
In the last year, the EU has been conducting two major military operations in and around Africa as well as continuing its police mission in Afghanistan. This Summer issue looks at the EU's engagement in these regions. It also gives a bird's eye view of an ESDP operation as seen from the EU Satellite Centre and finally Karl von Wogau, Chairman of the European Parliament Sub-Committee for Security and Defence, takes stock of the development of ESDP.