Brief
The EU’s Four Strategic Challenges
In preparation for the NATO summit to be held on July 11 and 12, 2018, Nicole Gnesotto, vice president of the Jacques Delors Institute, identifies four strategic challenges that require European lighting.
The international context makes the EU’s strategic balancing complex, unstable and worrying. It should not come as a surprise then, that security matters both within and around the EU are among the predominant concerns of citizens and Heads of State alike. Many initiatives, which were once impossible, are underway, often spurred on by France. But it is necessary to launch a debate on the purpose, objectives and the principles of these initiatives.
In this context, Nicole Gnesotto, professor at the CNAM and vice-president of the Jacques Delors Institute, distinguishes and analyses four strategic challenges that require European lighting: autonomy in decision-making, crisis anticipation, political influence and the coherence between our interests and our democratic principles.
SUR LE MÊME THÈME
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PUBLICATIONS
Turbo-charging the EU’s defence industry and security posture
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Promoting peace is not the same as fighting war
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European defence Part 2 : Industries
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MÉDIAS
MEDIAS
Après le vote au Congrès américain, quelle politique européenne pour l’Ukraine ?
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Will the EU get a war budget?
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OTAN-Russie : pourquoi parler de « nouvelle guerre froide » est une dangereuse illusion
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ÉVÉNEMENTS
EVENTS
Euroquestions #67 | European defence in the face of war in Ukraine [FR]
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Académie Notre Europe | Session in Brussels [FR]
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Euroquestions 56 | How can the European Union arm Ukraine?
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Euroquestions #55 | European foreign and defense policy tested by the war in Ukraine [FR]
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Euroquestions | Franco-German relations: 2023, year of recovery? [FR]
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Euroquestions | Is war in Ukraine putting cybersecurity at risk in Europe?
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Euroquestions | War in Ukraine : the European Union’s response, beyond sanctions [FR]
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EUROPEAN DIPLOMACY AND THE UNION’S EXTERNAL ACTION [FR]
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Académie Notre Europe – L’Europe Commerciale et de la Défense
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Copenhagen, 16 September 2019 – Prospects and Challenges in European Security
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Lille, 25 octobre 2018 – Europe of defense in a world of bullies
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Blois, 12 October 2018 – Cooperation, competition or war? Globalization in all its States
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