What third-country role is open to the UK in defence? CEPS Commentary 24 April 2018 [PDF]
What expectations should the EU harbour with respect to Britain’s continued contribution to EU defence activities after Brexit and can the former member state expect special ...
Tardy, Thierry
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Pesco as the Modern Defense Initiative of the European Union: Positions of Western European Countries vs Positions of Eastern European Countries [PDF]
The EU member states’ modern security initiatives, realized by the defence alliance for Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) have been found out. PESCO implementation process was initiated and headed by France and Germany.
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All or nothing? European and British strategic autonomy after the Brexit. Egmont Paper 87. September 2016 [PDF]
From the Introduction. The Member States of the European Union (EU) must continue to deepen their military cooperation. For without cooperation, their defence efforts are just not costeffective enough.
Biscop, Sven.
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What Germany's grand coalition means for European defence and security [PDF]
Following months of coalition negotiations, a new German government has finally taken office. But what does the new government mean for the EU? Alessandra Pozzi Rocco writes that with her next term in power now secured, Merkel has the chance to craft EU ...
Pozzi Rocco, Alessandra
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The “new” EU, the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) and the Middle East challenges
Taking its starting point in the recent foreign and defence policy conditions related to the Middle East, the article discusses the perspectives of the launching of the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO), an entity designed for the creation of a stronger defence cooperation within the EU.
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Enhancing ‘Enhanced Cooperation’: constraints and opportunities of an inflexible flexibility clause. College of Europe Policy Brief #1.19, March 2019 [PDF]
> In the framework of Enhanced Cooperation in the EU less than a handful of policy projects have been realised so far. > Procedural and substantive bottlenecks in the relevant Treaty provisions streamline the framework’s application towards special ...
Gerards, Carsten, Wessels, Wolfgang
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Strategic autonomy and EU-NATO cooperation: squaring the circle. Security Policy Brief No. 85 May 2017 [PDF]
Since the publication of the European Union Global Strategy (EUGS) in June 2016, there have been innumerable calls for the re-launch of the EU’s much misunderstood Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP). One can call this CSDP-redux.
Howorth, Jolyon
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New Pact for Europe - National Report - GREECE. EPC Report, June 2017 [PDF]
Foreword. This report is inspired by the discussions of the Greek National Reflection Group enriched by exchanges with National Reflection Groups from France and Estonia.
Pagoulatos, George
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