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Enacting the Lisbon
By Giji Gya, Executive Director, ISIS
The Setting Up of the European External Action Service (EEAS):
Laying the Basis for a More Coherent EU Foreign Policy
This article will analyse the decisions taken insofar by the Council on the setting up of the EEAS and the remaining grey areas. In particular it will be questioned as to whether the new aspects that will (or most likely) feature the new diplomatic service (the design is still nebulous in some parts) will efficiently support the new High Representative/Vice President Ashton to fulfil her mandate and consequently enhance the coherency of EU foreign policy.
By Filippo Mauri, Programme Officer
with Giji Gya, Executive Director, ISIS
ESDP and the Swedish Presidency
As the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the European Union is coming to an end, it is now time to assess
By Johann Herz
CSDP Logistics: Can NAMSA Help?
In this article, Spanish Lt. Col. Cabaleiro Larran, former EU Military Staff, argues for the use of NATO’s Maintenance and Supply Agency (NAMSA) as a source of logistics asset sharing for Common (formerly European) Security and Defence Policy. This is a timely premise, as one of the challenges for the EU entering into the Lisbon
By Lieutenant Colonel Manuel Cabaleiro Larran,
Spanish Navy, Naval Logistics Support Command (Former EU Military Staff)
EU and Early Warning – Prevention Progress?
With the advent of the External Action Service aiming to cohere EU responses, in this article, Barbara Nicoletti reviews the EU’s history in developing an early warning capacity and assesses where it lies today. The EU sees early warning as a main facet in its conflict prevention framework, as emphasised by the report on the European Security Strategy in 2008. The Commission particularly has undertaken extensive consultation and dialogue on early warning. The EU needs to continue to build on this work and address the challenges in early warning sources and institutional engagement with populations vulnerable to conflict.
By Dr. Barbara Nicoletti,
International Laboratory on Conflict, Development and Global Governance
Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna
CSDP and EU mission updates – December 2009
Our regular update of ESDP (now CSDP – Common Security and Defence Policy) and EU missions shows no new missions from our October update. However, the Political and Security Committee (PSC) has approved the crisis management concept for a possible SSR mission in
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