NATO's new Strategic Concept
By Jos Boonstra (08/06/2010) Policy Brief
NATO is drafting a new Strategic Concept. What will it have to say about the European security architecture, its partnerships and the economic crisis?
Iraq in 2010: The dangers of European complacency
By Edward Burke (10/02/2010) Policy Brief
The Iraqi parliamentary elections scheduled for 7 March signified a severe test of the truce that emerged between the major factions during 2007 and 2008; a test which the EU was woefully unprepared for.
Yemen: Make haste slowly
By Edward Burke (26/01/2010) Policy Brief
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As the world’s governments gather in London to decide upon a response to the threat from a resurgent al-Qaeda in Yemen the first thing that the leaders of the US and Europe should recognise is how easy it is for them to make the situation much worse.
Spain's War in Afghanistan
By Edward Burke (12/01/2010) Policy Brief
Spain has been a useful but low-key contributor to the mission in Afghanistan. It has undertaken valuable civilian work, but its military role has been more circumscribed.
Beyond Copenhagen: Securitising climate change
By Richard Youngs (02/12/2009) Policy Brief
One of the main imperatives beyond Copenhagen will be to incorporate the geopolitical dimensions of climate change fully into a broadened external energy security policy. On this matter, Europe is a laggard not a leader.
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The "soldier-diplomat" in Afghanistan and Iraq
By Edward Burke (05/10/2009) Working Paper
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The US and UK Armed Forces have learned the painful lessons of their limited engagement in Afghanistan and Iraq, and are now prepared to assume wide-ranging humanitarian and reconstruction tasks.
