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…
Under the aegis of the African Union, the 54 states will set up a “Schengen-like” borderless area in 2017 to boost trade. Negotiations for the establishment of a Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) in Africa were formally launched in June 2015 at the African Union Summit in Johannesburg. A year later, a boost seems to…
To replace its submarines dating back to the 1990s, Australia opted for the construction of 12 French ocean submarines. French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian inked the inter-governmental agreement (IGA) in Adelaide that will see French shipbuilder DCNS design and build the Shortfin Barracudas (Shortfin Barracuda Block 1A). The total cost of the 12 submarines,…
The Deficiencies, Mistakes and Contradictions of the New EU Foreign and Security Strategy Evolution or Devolution? From the « Solana Paper » to the « Mogherini Paper » András István Türke CERPESC 16/E/3/2016 – 20 December 2016 The events of the last 20 years, the first operations and missions, show that the Common Security and…
Since his appointment in 2012, French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian is concerned about the threats in cyberspace. With reason. CIA suspicions about the role played by Russian hackers in the election of Donald Trump to the fears expressed by the German Chancellor, the “cyber-menace” is now omnipresent. On the occasion of the inauguration on…
