On 25 January, Tony Lawrence, Head of ICDS’ Defence Policy and Strategy Programme, spoke on the Future of European Defence Cooperation panel at the Clingendael Institute’s State of the Union Conference 2018.
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On 16 November, Tony Lawrence chaired a panel at the European Defence Agency’s Maritime Security Conference 2017, “The importance of an innovative approach for maritime security”.
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With much fanfare, 23 EU member states have now formally announced their commitment to ‘permanent structured cooperation’ (PESCO) in the field of defence.
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On November 13 Henrik Praks spoke at the public discussion „Which Future for the European Defence and Security“ held in Riga.
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This week, the UK released a future partnership paper on foreign policy, defence and development, one of a series of papers intended to explore key issues setting out aspects of the government’s vision for a future “deep and special” partnership between the UK and the EU after Brexit.
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This week, the EU’s defence ministers took part in EU CYBRID 2017, a 1.5-hour table-top exercise of strategic level responses to cyberattacks against EU’s missions.
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TALLINN (Reuters) – European Union defense ministers will hold a cyber war game for the first time on Thursday to test their ability to respond to a potential attack by computer hackers on one of the bloc’s military missions abroad.
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On September 6th the Annual Baltic Conference on Defence 2017 „European Defence Co-operation: Out of the Shadows?“ will take place in Tallinn.
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A degraded security situation, the Brexit referendum and the election of a US President at best indifferent to European security matters have led the Member States to search for new security and defence solutions and for new ways to demonstrate European cohesion.
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The challenges confronting both the European Union and NATO today are severe and complex: e.g. terrorism, refugee and migration crisis, hybrid and cyber threats, and a Russia willing to break international law and other treaties and agreements, thus undermining the post-World War II international order.
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