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Over the last decade, EU policy has employed both an indirect, context-shaping approach to climate security, which focuses more on process than output, and a protective-autonomy approach, which focuses on multiple defensive approaches to safeguard the EU’s geopolitical interests. In putting these approaches into practice, the EU has advanced a rich profusion of climate security initiatives; diplomats certainly do not need to be told that “climate policy is foreign policy,” as they have b...

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German Green Party election conference endorses the use of armed combat drones Green party co-leaders Annalena Baerbock and Robert Habeck (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, pool) At the end of their gathering, the former pacifists decided to include a passage in their election manifesto that would, in principle, allow the procurement of armed drones for the Bundeswehr (Armed Forces). By a narrow majority of four votes, the federal delegates’ conference approved a corresponding motion by former Federal E...

A new high-level global commission, which includes representatives from the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), has been formed to (...)

The writer is President of the Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security, and Vice-President of the International Peace Bureau. Credit: US government NEW YORK, Jun 9 2021 (IPS) - A new report by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)—focusing on nuclear weapons spending– following on the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists recent decision that their Doomsday Clock, should be set as close as it has ever been to nuclear catastrophe. should serve as a wake up cal...

The trans-Atlantic agenda goes beyond undoing Trump. Here is a sober look at the issues from a veteran diplomat.

The Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the EU is hoping that in the month of June it will achieve formal approval of the European military mission to …

EU to deploy CSDP mission in Mozambique EU to deploy CSDP mission in Mozambique Lisbon, May 29 (Prensa Latina) The European Union (EU) Defense Ministers proved their interest in possible deployment of a Common Security and Defense Policy (CSDP) military training mission in Mozambique as part of their analysis on strengthening EU-Africa alliance. In addition to the situation in northern Mozambique regarding attacks by terrorist groups on civilian population, EU´s defense ministers also tackled ...

Always unblock YouTube Introduction This year marks the thirtieth anniversary of the creation of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO). The mission was originally tasked with laying the groundwork for Sahrawi self-determination while monitoring a ceasefire between Morocco and Polisario – the Western Sahara national liberation movement. In setting up the mission, the United Nations promised to end the long-running conflict in what remains Africa’s only territory still...

Jana Puglierin, Head of Berlin Office, European Council on Foreign Relations Radosław Sikorski, Member of the European Parliament, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland François Heisbourg, Special Advisor, Foundation for Strategic Research Chaired by Piotr Buras, Head of Warsaw Office, European Council on Foreign Relations The deterioration of the security situation on Europe’s periphery in the last decade has raised expectations about the EU contribution to crisis pr...