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  • The trials and tribulations of European defence co-operation
    Policy brief by Clara Marina O'Donnell, 24 July 2013
    The trials and tribulations of European defence co-operation
  • A Balkan map for the road to Damascus?
    Bulletin article by Ian Bond, 24 May 2013
    A Balkan map for the road to Damascus?
  • NATO and the costs of star wars
    Insight by Clara Marina O'Donnell, 01 May 2013
    NATO and the costs of star wars
  • Europe and America’s debate about foreign policy
    Bulletin article by Tomas Valasek, 01 June 2007

    Washington’s holiday from strategic debates is over. In the years immediately after September 11th, feelings of solidarity with a president at war prevented serious discussions on the merits of US foreign policy.
  • In defence of missile defences?
    Insight by Tomas Valasek, 14 March 2007

    For those spoiling for another good transatlantic fight, the headlines from last week’s EU summit must have come as manna from heaven.
  • What's happening to Airbus?
    Insight by Simon Tilford, 23 February 2007

    Top of the agenda when Jacques Chirac meets Angela Merkel today in Berlin will be the crisis at Airbus. The European aircraft manufacturer has been forced to suspend a restructuring programme following inferference from both the French and German governments.
  • Can the EU deal with its unruly neighbours?
    Opinion piece by Daniel Keohane
    European Voice, 21 December 2006

    What future security and defence challenges should the EU prepare for?Europe should be worried about the spread of weapons-of-mass-destruction (WMD), failing states and terrorism. In fact it already is.
  • Britain and France must pool parts of their defence
    Bulletin article by Edgar Buckley, 01 August 2006

    In European Union defence, Britain and France spend the most money (45 per cent of the total), maintain the largest and most effective expeditionary forces, run the biggest defence industries and manage the most important research facilities.
  • How to strengthen EU foreign policy
    Policy brief by Charles Grant, 03 July 2006

    The European Union urgently needs a plan for a more effective foreign policy. Opinion polls suggest that a majority of Europeans would support a stronger EU foreign policy.
  • Europe's crime without frontiers
    Opinion piece by Hugo Brady
    The Yorkshire Post, 21 June 2006

    Europol, the European Union's police office, has warned governments of a clear and present threat from transnational gangs trafficking in arms, drugs and people; as well as running counterfeiting and money-laundering rackets.
  • Unblocking EU-NATO co-operation
    Bulletin article by Daniel Keohane, 01 June 2006

    There is something rotten in the state of EU-NATO relations. Both organisations would benefit from working closely together on a range of security issues, from counter-terrorism to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.