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Security situation in Afghanistan: Implications for Europe
Just over two months after the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan on 15 August 2021, the movement remains politically isolated. So far, no country has recognised the caretaker government that the new leaders announced on 7 September 2021. The humanitarian situation in a country that largely depended on foreign aid to survive is deteriorating rapidly, so much so that international aid organisations describe the situation as a 'humanitarian meltdown'. Aware that the collapse of the economic and ...
Where will the EU's Strategic Compass point?
As Member States encounter increasingly complex security threats, momentum to push for EU initiatives to deliver on the Union's level of ambition in defence has emerged. A process aimed at bringing clarity, guidance and incentives to completing the common security and defence policy, the Strategic Compass is a first for the European Union. Announced by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in her 2021 State of the European Union speech, a European Defence Summit is expected to take place in February ...
Fähigkeiten der EU im Bereich der Cyberabwehr
Der Cyberraum ist neben den herkömmlichen Domänen See, Land, Luft und Weltraum zur fünften Domäne der Kriegsführung geworden. Mit der Digitalisierung und der stärkeren technologischen Vernetzung der Gesellschaften nimmt die Gefährdung durch Cyberangriffe zu. Die Europäische Union (EU) setzt sich insbesondere seit 2017 mit einer Reihe von Initiativen und Vorschlägen sehr aktiv für die Stärkung der Cyberfähigkeiten und der einschlägigen Koordinierungsrahmen ein. Das Europäische Parlament wird auf der ...
Who does what in security and defence? EU-US Explainer
Geopolitical competition between rival nations and a complex security environment are threatening some of the core values of the transatlantic alliance. The institutions responsible for implementing EU and US security and defence policies aim to protect civilians and to promote rules-based conduct in external action. Against this backdrop, both the EU and US are undertaking significant strategic realignments, as the US shifts from counter-insurgency operations to competing with near-peer powers and ...
'Global Britain' and 'Europe of Defence': Prospects, challenges and opportunities
Since the referendum to leave the European Union (EU) in 2016, the United Kingdom (UK) has been rethinking its role in world affairs. Under the 'Global Britain' banner, the UK sees itself as a force for multilateralism, a strong military power with global presence and reach, and a strong pillar of the transatlantic alliance. Reflection on the implications of 'Global Britain' for the UK's future foreign, security and defence policy has resulted in two strategic documents, the Integrated Review and ...
This is the fourth Peace and Security Outlook produced by the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS). The series is designed to analyse and explain the contribution of the European Union to the promotion of peace and security internationally, through its various external policies. The study provides an overview of the issues and current state of play. It looks first at the concept of peace and the changing nature of the geopolitical environment, in light of global shifts of power and of the ...
Die neue Dynamik in den transatlantischen Beziehungen nutzen: Mögliche Bereiche für gemeinsames Handeln während der Amtszeit von Joe Biden
Seit Joe Biden im Januar 2021 Präsident der Vereinigten Staaten wurde, sind in den transatlantischen Beziehungen deutlich ein neuer Enthusiasmus sowie eine Zunahme der politischen Tätigkeit zu beobachten. In dieser Studie werden drei wichtige Politikbereiche behandelt, die auf der rasch anwachsenden politischen Tagesordnung des transatlantischen Raums stehen. Dabei wird untersucht, inwieweit im Rahmen dieser Bereiche das Potenzial besteht, während der Amtszeit von Joe Biden neue „globale Gemeingüter ...
Prospects for the 2021 NATO leaders' meeting
An in-person NATO summit of heads of state or government is scheduled to take place in Brussels on 14 June 2021. Highly anticipated, as part of United States President Joe Biden's first overseas visit, the summit is expected to outline NATO's strategic direction in the decade ahead. The NATO 2030 agenda will be debated, and forward-looking discussions about long-term threats and challenges to Euro-Atlantic security and defence are expected.
NATO looks to the 2030s
Launched by the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Jens Stoltenberg, in June 2020, the NATO 2030 process aims to generate recommendations on ways to strengthen and adapt the alliance. NATO created a marketplace of ideas with inputs from stakeholders, to inform the revision of its guiding strategic policy document, the strategic concept. A NATO summit in Brussels is expected in the first half of 2021.
Qualified majority voting in foreign and security policy: Pros and Cons
In her first State of the Union speech, and in the section of the speech most applauded by the European Parliament, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called for the use of qualified majority voting (QMV) in areas such as sanctions and human rights. The crises and security challenges accumulating in and around the European Union have added to the urgency of having a more effective and rapid decision-making process in areas pertaining to the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP ...