Section: European Union Institute for Security Studies (France)
“There is a role for the EU now to show that it can support collective projects to replace U.S. capabilities.”
“There is a role for the EU now to show that it can support collective projects to replace U.S. capabilities.” fanny.pollet@i… Sat, 02/22/2025 – 14:38 If the US shifts its focus from Europe to the Indo-Pacific, China and homeland defence, European countries will need to fill the strategic gaps in the continent’s defence that...
The Trump card: What could US abandonment of Europe look like?
The Trump card: What could US abandonment of Europe look like? christian.diet… Mon, 02/17/2025 – 16:56 10 minutes According to a recent survey of European experts, withdrawal from Europe by the United States would be as destabilising for the EU as a nuclear attack by Russia(1). With the return of President Donald Trump, their concerns could...
Reimagining European energy security: Towards a whole-of-system approach
Reimagining European energy security: Towards a whole-of-system approach fanny.pollet@i… Mon, 02/17/2025 – 16:07 10 minutes The EU needs to look at energy security in terms of the whole system rather than focusing solely on security of energy supply. The old understandings around a fossil fuel-based system do not work for Europe’s...
The G20 at a crossroads: South Africa backs multilateralism and eyes the EU following US snub
The G20 at a crossroads: South Africa backs multilateralism and eyes the EU following US snub fanny.pollet@i… Tue, 02/11/2025 – 12:07 5 minutes ‘We will not be bullied!’ declared Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa, in his address to the nation on 6 February 2025. This was in response to recent remarks by US officials and to...
Shifting alliances in West Africa: Measuring Russian engagement to support counter-FIMI strategies
Shifting alliances in West Africa: Measuring Russian engagement to support counter-FIMI strategies fanny.pollet@i… Fri, 02/07/2025 – 11:23 10 minutes Russia is expanding its footprint in Africa. The First Ministerial Conference of the Russia–Africa Partnership Forum, held in November 2024, brought together foreign ministers from African...
Global Risks to the EU: A blueprint to navigate the year ahead
Global Risks to the EU: A blueprint to navigate the year ahead christian.diet… Wed, 02/05/2025 – 15:42 9 minutes The year 2025 began with a new series of security challenges for Europe: uncertainty over the future of the transatlantic relationship, hybrid attacks across the continent, and the question of how to approach a potential...
The geopolitics of multipolarity: How to counter Europe’s waning relevance in Southeast Asia
The geopolitics of multipolarity: How to counter Europe’s waning relevance in Southeast Asia fanny.pollet@i… Thu, 01/30/2025 – 17:46 10 minutes It is perhaps trite but still true: the Indo-Pacific is rapidly emerging as the world’s geopolitical and economic centre of gravity. In 2025, Malaysia assumes the chairmanship of the...
Under pressure at home and abroad – What path will Serbia take?
Under pressure at home and abroad – What path will Serbia take? fanny.pollet@i… Fri, 01/24/2025 – 16:00 7 minutes The New Year got off to a sombre start in Novi Sad as thousands gathered at 11:52 a.m. to honour the memory of the 15 lives lost in the tragic collapse of the railway station canopy.The disaster, which occurred on 1...
Funding weapons together (or not): How to pay for European defence
Funding weapons together (or not): How to pay for European defence fanny.pollet@i… Wed, 01/22/2025 – 14:50 10 minutes Three years into Russia’s full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine, the EU and its Member States are undertaking the largest rearmament effort since the 1950s. Defence budgets are up across Europe, armaments...
Of good and bad deals: The strategic clarity in negotiations on a ceasefire in Ukraine
Of good and bad deals: The strategic clarity in negotiations on a ceasefire in Ukraine Rada.youssef@i… Wed, 12/18/2024 – 11:10 5 minutes First of all, the EU must be mindful of the Kremlin’s strategic objectives as well as its negotiating tactics, recognising that, for Moscow, negotiations will be a continuation of war by other means...
