Promoting European strategic sovereignty in the southern neighbourhood
To achieve greater sovereignty, Europe needs to push back against rival powers, build leverage in armed conflicts, and be more effective in supporting reform
To achieve greater sovereignty, Europe needs to push back against rival powers, build leverage in armed conflicts, and be more effective in supporting reform
The Trump years galvanised Europeans’ efforts to strengthen their own sovereignty; they now need to agree concrete offers they can make to the new administration
North African countries, each for their own reasons, are increasingly turning their attention towards sub-Saharan Africa
EU member states have failed to come up with a coherent policy on how to handle the hundreds of their citizens having travelled to join ISIS in Syria
Despite the existing crises to the multilateral system, the EU possesses a set of specific strengths needed to actually save the system
The turmoil in the current system represents an opportunity for Europeans to shape a new order that meets their strategic needs
The rules-based international order is under threat. The EU should place its defence at the centre of its global strategy
European states should devote more effort to joint work on radicalisation with Morocco and Tunisia
The EU should do away with its narrow approach of working with Egypt only on areas of mutual interest
European counter-terror wars risk failing to prevent attacks while weakening international law