European Geostrategy (Blog)

In this Long Post, Sven Biscop argues that should the UK decide to leave the EU its leverage on the strategic decisions that shape the framework within which its military deployment takes place would be negligible.

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Faced with a plethora of crises and foreign policy challenges, Sven Biscop asks whether Europeans are up to the challenge of acting strategically.

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With all the attention on Syria and the Middle East right now, Daniel Fiott takes a look at security in the Gulf of Guinea and he asks whether now is the time for a more robust European role in the region.

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The Dutch and Norwegian navies are set to replace their submarine fleets and joint acquisition could be an option. Yet, as Bjorn-Olav Knutsen argues, cooperation is not without its challenges.

The post Going deep in defence cooperation? Conditions for successful Dutch-Norwegian cooperation on the acquisition of new submarines appeared first on European Geostrategy.

In this interview, Daniel Fiott talks with Olivier de France about how various elements of French society are reacting to the 13 November Islamic State attacks on Paris.

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European Geostrategy continues its analysis of the United Kingdom's 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review. Daniel Fiott sits down with Julian Lindley-French, Olivier de France and Ben Jones to go over the fine print.

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With the release of the United Kingdom's 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review, Daniel Fiott and James Rogers discuss what the Review means for British power and the UK's partners.

The post The Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015: ‘Offshore Balancer’ and ‘Strategic Raider’? appeared first on European Geostrategy.

The idea for a European 'white book' on defence is again gaining traction, but Sven Biscop argues that it must become an integral part of the work on an European Global Strategy if it is to meet its full potential.

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For the past four years, European Geostrategy has aimed to take part in the debate about the character, ambition and scope of European foreign, security and military issues from a geostrategic perspective. Over 1,080 Facebook likers and 1,300 Twitter followers later, European Geostrategy has become an important outlet for geostrategic thinking, providing our readers with a regular flow of almost 140 posts over this period pertaining to these policies from a range of viewpoints. These have come in the form of short articles, book reviews, interviews and ‘Long Posts’. We have had the great pleasure of interviewing some leading European and transatlantic minds, from Julian Lindley-French to Robert Cooper. Most notably, in his last interview before passing away, Kenneth Waltz spoke to European Geostrategy.

Many think-tanks, media outlets and universities have mentioned or directly quoted from our posts. We need only mention Carnegie Europe, the European Council on Foreign Relations, European Voice, FRIDE, Institute for International and European Affairs, the London School of Economics, Elcano Royal Institute and the Royal United Services Institute among the many organisations that have found European Geostrategy a source of useful insight.

Equally, over the past couple of years, European Geostrategy’s original co-founders – James Rogers and Luis Simón – have recruited a number of Senior Editors: Sven Biscop, Daniel Fiott and Alexander Mattelaer. Due to European Geostrategy’s continuing success, we have decided to migrate to a dedicated website for the continuation of our work. We would like to thank EggCup Web Design for developing our new platform, as well as Ideas on Europe and the University Association of Contemporary European Studies for hosting European Geostrategy up until now.

You, our followers, will continue to be treated to a steady stream of articles, book reviews, interviews and ‘Long Posts’. Our new website will improve your experience by offering greater interactivity and visual design. Furthermore, the Senior Editors will be joined by a host of high-level thinkers and commentators, who will act as Associate Editors, thus providing further articles and refinement. We hope you have enjoyed our work so far, and we look forward to welcoming you to a new and improved version of European Geostrategy!

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