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Founded in 2009, European Geostrategy is a blog on the foreign, security and military policies of the European Union and its Member States.
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Founded in 2009, European Geostrategy is a blog on the foreign, security and military policies of the European Union and its Member States.
Tags: Military strategy, Foreign policy, Security policy, Strategy, European Union
Latest Blog Posts
- European armaments in the French White PaperHow is the European military-industrial base articulated in the French Defence White Paper? Is it still central to French interests, or increasingly less important?
- French Defence White Paper: national interestsWhat does the 2013 French Defence White Paper mean for European armaments cooperation? What is preventing the creation of a European military-industrial base?
- New report on European military capabilitiesThe European Union Institute for Security Studies publishes a new report on the future of European armed forces. Can Europeans remain militarily powerful in the third decade of the twenty-first century?
- The 2013 French Defence White PaperToday, European Geostrategy publishes its fifth Long Post, which is by Luis Simón, who is a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute for European Studies (Free University of Brussels). This Long Post looks at the contents of the 2012-2013 French st...
- Interview with Volker PerthesIn the tenth of European Geostrategy’s interview series, Daniel Fiott speaks with Volker Perthes, of the Institute for Foreign and Security Policy in Berlin.
- EADS and the future of armaments cooperationon Apr 1, 2013 in Uncategorized‘It was the Germans’ fault…’ ringed the howls of disappointment at the failed merger of BAE Systems and EADS in October 2012. The tie-up would have been precisely the type of deal expected in a climate of defence budget cuts and economic cris...
- Interview with Kenneth WaltzIn the ninth of European Geostrategy’s interview series, Luis Simón speaks to Kenneth Waltz about American power, the rise of China, nuclear weapons in the Middle East, and European decline.
- Interview with Benoit Gomison Mar 11, 2013 in Current Affairs Global & International Politics & Public Policy Security & Defence The EU Benoit Gomis Britain British-French Alliance Chatham House Common Security and Defence Policy European Union France Geopolitics Geostrategy Interview Interviews James Rogers Military United KingdomIn the eighth of European Geostrategy’s interview series, James Rogers speaks to Benoit Gomis about the British-French Alliance, the French-led operation in Mali and the future of London-Paris relations.
- Interview with Jamie Shea (Part 2)In this seventh interview in European Geostrategy’s series, Daniel Fiott speaks to Jamie Shea, the Deputy Assistant Secretary General of the Emerging Challenges Division, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.
- Interview with Jamie Shea (Part 1)In this seventh interview in European Geostrategy’s series, Daniel Fiott speaks to Jamie Shea, the Deputy Assistant Secretary General of the Emerging Challenges Division, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.
- Interview with Robert CooperIn the sixth of European Geostrategy’s interview series, Daniel Fiott speaks to Robert Cooper about the European Security Strategy, European enlargement, British relations with the rest of the European Union, and ‘neo-idealism’ as a foreign pol...
- Arms and Insurgency: from Mali to SyriaRather than a ring of friends, the European Union seems to have become surrounded by a belt of insurgency and insurrection in the Southern Neighbourhood. Where are the weapons being used there going? Are they are threat to Europeans? How can they be...
- France: the spider in Europe’s web?How is French grand strategy evolving in the early twenty-first century? Where are French multilateral interests starting to settle? Is France exclusively a European power, or is it trying to cement new relations with a plethora of new countries –...
- Geopolitics, Britain and ‘Europe’Many Conservatives in the United Kingdom want their country to leave the European Union. They are dangerously wrong. The reason for continued British participation in the European project is decidedly geopolitical, not only economic. Here is why...
- The rise of the ‘Wider North’What is happening in the North? Are we witnessing the emergence of a ‘Wider North’, which threatens to complicate European security? What role will the United Kingdom be compelled to assume in the years ahead as the North rises to complicate the...
- The nEUROn NeurosisDo remotely-piloted aircraft offer Europeans a ’silver bullet’ weapon to press down their foes? Or can they only be used in conjunction with a new strategy? What sort of strategic thinking is needed to ensure that such new air systems are used op...
- The nEUROn neurosisDo remotely-piloted aircraft offer Europeans a ’silver bullet’ weapon to press down their foes? Or can they only be used in conjunction with a new strategy? What sort of strategic thinking is needed to ensure that such new air systems are used op...
- The Chinese navy’s hidden European pastIn the fourth in the series of European Geostrategy’s ‘Long Posts’, Iskander Rehman analyses European maritime history in relation to contemporary China’s naval modernisation. What does European history imply for China’s future? Do the hist...
- Interview with Richard Whitmanon Oct 31, 2012 in Current Affairs Democracy & Citizenship Global & International Politics & Public Policy The EU Arab Spring European Enlargement European Integration European Neighbourhood European Union Eurozone Financial Crisis Germany Interview James Rogers Richard Whitman United KingdomIn the fifth of European Geostrategy’s interview series, James Rogers speaks to Richard Whitman about the Financial Crisis’ impact on European integration, European enlargement, British relations with the rest of the European Union, and demograph...
- Maritime geostrategy – for small powerson Oct 17, 2012 in Current Affairs Global & International Security & Defence The EU Asle Toje China Command of the Sea European Union Global Power Great Power India Indian Ocean James Rogers Jonathan Holslag Maritime Maritime Power Mediterranean Sea Pacific Ocean Sea Sea Power Small Power United KingdomThe Common Security and Defence Policy was conceived of as a means to allow Europeans to pool their military power in service of a common European interest. But are we now reaching an endpoint where Europeans will serve the British interest – the U...
