Shared Vision, Common Action: A Stronger Europe A Global Strategy for the European Union’s Foreign And Security Policy update-1: Our Paper about this “strategy” : The Deficiencies, Mistakes and Contradictions of the New EU Foreign and Security StrategyEvolution or Devolution? From the « Solana Paper » to the « Mogherini Paper »András István TürkeCERPESC 16/E/03/2016 –…
The Danish government is paying sickness and disability benefits to Danish citizens fighting in Syria for Islamic State. The PET (Danish Security and Intelligence Service) has identified 28 jihadis, Danish citizens fighting in Syria since 2014, who had been granted an early pension, or ‘førtidspension’, because they were judged too sick or disabled to work,…
Downing Street has been accused of covering up a Trident missile malfunction weeks before a crucial Commons vote on the future of the submarine-based missile system. A Trident II D5 missile test ended in failure after it was launched from the British submarine HMS Vengeance off the coast of Florida in June 2016. The weapon…
The intervention by 3,000 Rwandan soldiers and police officers was partly financed by the European Peace Facility, a mechanism that enables it to “support partners in the fields of defense in order to prevent conflicts and strengthen international security.” The Rwandan military benefited from assistance worth €20 million, intended particularly for the transport of troops…
