European Security Initiative

Europe’s new counter-terror wars

  • Anthony Dworkin
  • Publication

European counter-terror wars risk failing to prevent attacks while weakening international law

Spain versus Russia’s kleptocracy

  • Mark Galeotti
  • Commentary

Let policy not simply be driven by individual judges and magistrates, a case here and a country there – let it be something debated at a national and European Union level and adopted on a broader basis

6 Apr

Black Coffee Morning: “Sanctions on North Korea – Transformation in the South Asian security”

  • ECFR Berlin

After North Korea recently launched a nuclear weapons test, the veto-holding powers in the UN agreed upon stronger sanctions in a new resolution. What does this initiative from North Korea mean – especially for the current relations between the USA and China. Furthermore, the EU demanded from China to uphold universal human rights in its conflicts with its neighbouring countries in the Southasian sea, though it is highly questionable if Beijing is going to consider this suggestion. Are sanctions even a useful instrument for trying to establish strategic instruments in Eastasia? Can China be included in this strategy? 

After Paris: What price European defence?

  • Anand Menon, Nick Witney
  • Publication

Following France’s call for European solidarity under Article 42.7, European states should rekindle defence cooperation and aid France’s deployments in Africa

Will Europe hold together after Paris?

  • Mark Leonard, Vessela Tcherneva
  • Commentary

Beneath the talk of unity and common anxiety, three dividing lines are opening up across Europe – how they are resolved will determine whether the EU emerges stronger with its values intact