Security

12 July 2023 Security

Camilla Collet 7 min

The EU is going through a watershed moment since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The ‘geopolitical Commission’ seems more committed than ever to beef up its defence capabilities, despite being hindered by difficult internal oppositions.

28 June 2023 Security

Martina Rubino 10 min

[Editorial partnership] When the foreign ministers of Poland and Swedish first proposed the idea for the Eastern Partnership in 2008, the response was somewhat muted. A few months later, Russian tanks entered Georgia after fighting between the country’s military and Russian-backed separatists. Five days of war left hundreds dead and around 200,000 people displaced. Russia quickly recognised the contested regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent republics, despite their international status as part of Georgia. 

7 June 2023 Security

Bruno De Sousa 8 min

La montée des nouvelles puissances mondiales, les changements géopolitiques et les avancées technologiques ont transformé le système international, soulevant de nouvelles menaces et opportunités sur les intérêts de l’UE. En conséquence, celle-ci a dû repenser son rôle dans le monde et a cherché à affirmer son autonomie stratégique dans des domaines clés. Ainsi, dans un paysage mondial en rapide mutation, caractérisé par une multipolarité croissante, l’UE est confrontée à d’importants défis pour déterminer son autonomie stratégique. Mais qu’entend-on par ce concept ?

5 June 2023 Security

Mario Vega 9 min

“I know that public opinion prefers butter to cannons, but for years we have been under-investing (…) This war against Ukraine has been a brutal wake up for all of us” Joseph Borrell, High Representative of the European Union, 12 August 2022. With these words, the head of European diplomacy addressed the public in the opening speech of the Annual Conference of the European Defence Agency. Throughout a speech of  thirty minutes, he made clear the delicate situation experienced by the twenty-seven European armies: The stockpiles are almost empty and we do not have the capacity to fill them.

16 April 2023 Security

Luisa Gambaro 5 min

L’adhésion rapide de la Finlande est cruciale pour la défense européenne, mais elle laisse de côté un autre allié potentiel : la Suède. Les deux pays ont demandé à rejoindre l’alliance en même temps, mais la demande suédoise s’est heurtée aux vétos turc et hongrois. Pourquoi ces refus ? Face à l’impérialisme russe, quand la Suède peut-elle espérer rejoindre l’Otan ?

24 February 2023 Russian Invasion of Ukraine Security

Lev Zinchenko 6 min

[OPINION] It has been  a year since the full-scale Russian invasion in Ukraine trembled the whole world. After its beginning, in Europe, it is highly debated that the Russo-Ukrainian War is not supposed to be treated as a war of Russia against Ukraine, but rather as a Kremlin’s or Putin’s war against Ukraine. It is done in order to deviate the responsibility of the Russian people in a genocidal war that started not in 2022, but in 2014. Nonetheless it is evident that the responsibility for this war directly lies on the shoulders of ordinary Russians.