1:01, 21 August 2009
Recent American overtures to Russia have been watched with interest. How are Washington-Moscow relations likely to develop over the coming decades, with a rapidly emerging China set to complicate this cosier bilateral picture? What will the impact be on Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and the Middle East? And how will and should the European Union respond?
13:26, 18 August 2009
The European Security Strategy in 2003 provided the foundations for ‘grand strategic’ thinking at the European level. This was further expanded under the French Presidency during 2008. However, the results have been disappointing. Events and shifting geopolitical plates mean that a fully focussed European Union grand strategy is now needed more than ever before.
6:14, 15 August 2009
What role do think tanks play in the construction of European security strategy? This article looks at the Bertelsmann Stiftung, the Centre for European Reform, the Egmont Institute, the European Council on Foreign Relations and the European Union Institute for Security Studies, and assesses their political impact.
20:25, 12 August 2009
How wide is the geopolitical footprint of the European Union? How far does it extend? Where did it begin? And where might it end up? This brief article points to the emergence of geospatial thinking within the European Union, represented by a new map depicting operations and missions under the European Security and Defence Policy.
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