Europe ́s Coherence Gap in External Crisis and Conflict Management The EU’s Integrated Approach between Political Rhetoric and Institutional Practice. November 2019 [PDF]
, 2019 The European Union (EU) aspires to play a part in conflict prevention, crisis management and post-conflict peace- building through civil and/or military operations, through stabilisation efforts, and by building resilience at home and abroad.
Blockmans, Steven, Debuysere, Loes
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, 2020 The EU Member States have generally been reluctant towards a common European security and defence policy, and previous attempts of such inter-state cooperation have been perceived as unsuccessful. Yet, the new European security and defence cooperation have raised high expectations.
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Beyond Strategic Culture? Grand Strategy, the European Union and Security Cooperation [PDF]
, 2015 This paper will consider the extent to which European Union (EU) foreign policy is driven by humanitarian and/or geopolitical considerations. The paper will also analyse the extent to which the EU’s external actions have a sense of cohesion and shared ...
Winn, Neil
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Macron’s Idea of European Universities. From Vision to Reality. ZEI Discussion Paper C 249/2018 [PDF]
, 2018 On the 26th of September 2017 the French President Emmanuel Macron gave a speech on Europe’s future, the so called “Initiative for Europe”, and presented ambitious visions on how to reform and change Europe as well as how to solve the contemporary global
Conemann, Stephan, Hutgens, Rahel
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Between Rome and Sibiu: A Trajectory for the New European Narrative. Egmont European Policy Brief No. 50 May 2018 [PDF]
, 2018 Many observers may easily reach the conclusion that the European Union (EU) has been in crisis for the last decade. Against this background, and especially since the outcome of the Brexit referendum, the EU has begun much soul searching to carve out a ...
Hoogmartens, Jan
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European Strategic Autonomy: Which Military Level of Ambition? Egmont Security Policy Brief No. 109, March 2019 [PDF]
, 2019 The EU Global Strategy is crystal clear on the EU’s political level of ambition yet remarkably silent on the corresponding military level of ambition. But strategy without capabilities is just a hallucination.
Coelmont, Jo
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Will Trump matter for the EU’s policy priorities? [PDF]
, 2017 The reaction in the EU to Donald Trump’s election was largely negative, as several political figures expressed concern at the consequences of a Trump presidency for Europe.
Barslund, Mikkel, Kostanyan, Hrant
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A historic reminder, an ever-present dilemma? - Assessing Brexit’s potential consequences for European security. EPC Commentary, 18 May 2016 [PDF]
, 2016 On 9 May 2016, in a further attempt to discourage the British public opinion from opting for their country’s abandonment of the European Union (EU) in the ‘in/out’ referendum on 23 June, Prime Minister David Cameron stated that the UK has regretted ...
Frontini, Andrea
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Scenarios for a wider Europe. CEPS Policy Insights No 2019/02, February 2019 [PDF]
, 2019 This paper makes the case for enhancing the economic and political integration of the entire wider European space with the EU, involving all those neighbouring states willing to subscribe to EU standardswhile at the same time facilitating the EU’s ...
Emerson, Michael
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