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Building European Strategic Autonomy vs. Turkish Strategic Depth: Macron's Diplomatic Gamble

Date de publication
22 October 2021
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Since coming into office in 2017, Emmanuel Macron has been the loudest advocate for the development of European ‘strategic autonomy’, which aims at reinforcing the European Union’s geo-strategic independence. Asserting the EU’s role on the international stage, starting with its immediate neighborhood, directly clashes with Recep Tayyip Erdogan's long-term expansion strategy in several key areas. 

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The State of Franco-German Relations and European Foreign Policy

01 September 2021
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SWP
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The Franco-German relationship is more important than ever in order to deal with international crises and to develop a common European Foreign and Security Policy.

Paul MAURICE Ronja KEMPIN
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The Importance of the OSCE in German Diplomacy

Date de publication
05 July 2021
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As an essential platform for multilateralism, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) has always been important to German diplomacy, although in varying degrees. Historically, Germany’s support for the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE) process was motivated by the aim of mitigating and ultimately overcoming the division of Germany.

Wolfgang ZELLNER
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Circumstantial Pacifism: Political Parties and the Participation of the Bundeswehr in Foreign Operations

Date de publication
14 April 2021
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In Germany's parliamentary democracy, political parties play an important role in mandating Bundeswehr missions abroad and in overseeing their deployment. The political debate on these deployments is polarized between opponents, who are called “pacifists”, and supporters, who are called “militarists”.

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Collective Collapse or Resilience? European Defense Priorities in the Pandemic Era

Date de publication
23 February 2021
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To what extent has the COVID-19 pandemic affected defense priorities across Europe?

Corentin BRUSTLEIN Félix ARTEAGA Rob DE WIJK Yvonni EFSTATHIOU Claudia MAJOR Alessandro MARRONE Christian MÖLLING Alice PANNIER Magnus PETERSSON Charly SALONIUS-PASTERNAK Marcin TERLIKOWSKI Peter WATKINS
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European Strategic Autonomy and the Biden Presidency

Date de publication
08 February 2021
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Some twenty international personalities from different horizons and backgrounds were asked to reflect on the impact of the Biden presidency for the future of European strategic autonomy.

Europe in the World: for a Modest and Effective Reform

Date de publication
16 December 2020
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This sad year ends with a pandemic that continues in full swing over a large part of the planet, especially in the United States and Europe, with no other reassuring prospect than that of one or more vaccines, which is already a lot. But that’s not the subject I want to focus on in this eighth letter, the last one for 2020. Internationally, two other facts have dominated the scene in recent months.

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The Gulf: New Center of the Middle East?

Date de publication
10 March 2020
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Amid the shift in major powers, the Persian Gulf is asserting its position at the heart of the Middle East.

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France to spell out nuclear plan

08 February 2020
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A researcher said that ‘the balance is shifting, including in countries such as Germany’ on the role of nuclear weapons in Europe’s strategic ambitions. 

France, the EU’s sole nuclear power since Britain’s exit from the bloc, was to unveil how it intends to use its atomic arsenal as a deterrent. French President Emmanuel Macron, in an address to military officers graduating in Paris yesterday, was expected to recommit to upgrading France’s capacity, at a time when NATO allies, who would ordinarily look to the US in a nuclear standoff, worry about Washington’s retreat from the multilateral stage.

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Europe in the Face of US-China Rivalry

Date de publication
23 January 2020
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Navigating the mounting tensions between the United States and China is a geopolitical minefield. Is Europe up to the challenge?

Mario ESTEBAN Miguel OTERO-IGLESIAS Una Alexandra BERZINA-CERENKOVA Alice EKMAN Björn JERDÉN Lucrezia POGGETI John SEAMAN Tim SUMMERS Justyna SZCZUDLIK

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