R2P and the Protection of Civilians: Whom and How?

19 June 2008

ISIS Europe, European Security Contact Group Meeting

In its attempt to stop a future Rwanda, the 'Responsibility to Protect' (R2P) concept has raised a number of controversial issues. Read More

Afghanistan Update: May 1-30 2008

17 June 2008

 The situation in Afghanistan has grown more intense with Taliban forces gaining some footholds in the southern regional command (RC), particularly in the Helmand province. Read More

Toward a New Trans-Atlantic and European Security Structure

4 June 2008

A Preview of France's Upcoming European Union Presidency

On July 1, 2008 when France assumes the European Union (EU) presidency for six months, one of French President Nicolas Sarkozy's top priorities will be the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP). Read More

CFE Treaty: Prospects for Reinvigoration and Expansion to Asia

18 April 2008

Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE): Status and Prospects for Reinvigoration and Expansion to Asia

Concern about the relationship between China and Russia is bound to increase - as China's military power expands apace with its economic growth, as Russia enjoys increasing influence due to rising energy prices, and as potentially dangerous nuclear technology spreads around the world, conflict between the two becomes ever more dangerous. Read More

Triaging NATO: Mr. Bush (The Younger) Goes to Bucharest

4 April 2008

American diplomacy under the administration of George W Bush has been far from diplomatic at times. Read More

The State of the (European) Union: Making US Defense Spending Look Efficient

4 April 2008

French President Nicolas Sarkozy's proposal to establish a core defense group comprising the six biggest members of the European Union (EU) is typically ambitious. Read More

The EU Police Mission in Afghanistan: Marching to a Slow Drum?

6 February 2008

The EU police mission in Afghanistan has come in for renewed criticism in recent days. Read More

Euro-View: Internet Policing

18 December 2007

Countering terrorists' use of the internet demands more than just a ham-fisted closure of sites; other more subtle tactics are needed

BRUSSELS - On the face of it, passing legislation to prevent the internet from being used to promote terrorists' ideology or enhance their capabilities is a no-brainer. Read More

In the Spotlight: Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA)

14 August 2007

On June 5, 2007, the Basque separatist group Euzkadi Ta Askatuna (ETA) - in English, Basque Fatherland and Liberty ­- declared their previously announced "permanent" ceasefire to be over. Read More

EU Security & Defence Roundup: July 23-27, 2007

8 August 2007

A Summary of EU Security and Defence-Related Activities, July 23-27, 2007

 Intergovernmental Conference (IGC)

On July 23, the Read More

Why Glasgow was already in the frontline in the UK's 'War on Terrorism'

2 July 2007

 In a sense, the unsuccessful double bomb attack on London of 29th June comes as no surprise - of all the UK's cities, the capital is naturally the most likely to attract such an attack. Read More

The Prüm Process: playing or abusing the system?

2 July 2007

Despite - or perhaps because of - the controversy attached to it, the EU's move to fold most of the provisions of the Prüm Treaty into its existing accumulated legislation (or acquis communautaire) was afforded a single line in the Presidency Conclusions of the Brussels European Council (finalised 22 June 2007). Read More

Darfur and the EU's Responsibility to Protect

29 June 2007

In recent months, the European Union has sought to enact laws banning the denial of past genocides. Read More

Conceptual Evolution and Domestic Confusion

25 February 2007

Germany's Security and Defence Policy from the Schroeder to the Merkel Government

Germany's foreign and security policy is widely held to have displayed a remarkable degree of continuity since the end of the Cold War - despite fundamental changes in the international environment then and again after September 11, 2001. Read More