European security & defence
Europe is facing a range of external and internal threats. To the East, Europe is faced with an increasingly assertive Russia, which seeks to exploit and increase divisions within the EU and NATO through its cultivation of right wing populist movements and use of disinformation campaigns, as well as its military power. In Europe’s southern neighbourhood, war in Syria and Libya has generated instability and contributed to the rise of extremism, while tensions with Iran have also increased. Further afield, China is seen as a looming political and security challenge, but is also a key economic actor. And Europe’s relationship with the US under Donald Trump is more strained than at any time since the end of World War Two. Internally, transnational terrorism and crime, as well as new challenges from cyberspace, threaten the EU’s security. Europe needs to develop the tools to face these challenges effectively, boosting its diplomacy, its defence capabilities, and its instruments for tackling internal security issues.
Trump sounds the retreat: Can European defence advance?
The EU's new Libya operation is flawed
Can the EU's defence ambitions survive budget cuts?
NATO: Brain dead, or just resting?
Defence without direction
Towards a European Security Council?
Can the European Commission develop Europe's defence industry?
Up in arms: Warring over Europe's arms export regime
The EU, the US and the Middle East Peace Process: Two-state solution – or dissolution?
A troubled partnership: The US and Europe in the Middle East
The EU's Security Union: A bill of health
Huawei, my way or the highway: Which way should the EU turn?
How the Kremlin sees the rest of the world
The EU can keep the Iran nuclear deal alive
Should the EU make foreign policy decisions by majority voting?
You never listen to me: The European-Saudi relationship after Khashoggi
Catch me if you can: The European Arrest Warrant and the end of mutual trust
NATO at 70: Twilight years or a new dawn?
Putin's last term: Taking the long view
Vladimir Putin has dominated the Russian political scene since 1999. But he is now in what should be his final term as president. He faces economic, social and foreign policy problems; and he has to decide what will happen at the end of his term of office.The performance of...