Newsletter of EuroDefense-Portugal – No. 33 Jan2024

The monthly publication of the EuroDefense-Portugal Newsletter with original articles published in Portuguese/English, aims to bring to everyone’s attention the publications of EuroDefense-Portugal, as well as the opinions of some experts on European Security and Defence, and on topics that have marked the current month in Portugal, Europe and the world.

EU-Africa relations – EuroDefense Observatory report

Even if they may seem to be more intense in the European southern region, the fact is that all the repercussions of the worrying insecurity emerging from the African continent affect all EU members states, without exception, as well as the UK. Europe, and namely the EU, needs to find adequate and constructive responses to them, while simultaneously dealing with equivalent, although different, security challenges on its northeastern border. It is the proper integration of these two realities that today defines the framework of European security.

Newsletter of EuroDefense-Portugal – No. 32 Dec2023

The monthly publication of the EuroDefense-Portugal Newsletter, with content in Portuguese and the language in which the original articles were published, aims to bring to everyone’s attention the opinions of some experts on European Security and Defence, and on the issues that have marked the current month in Portugal, Europe and the world.

Newsletter of EuroDefense-Portugal – N.º 31 Nov2023

The monthly publication of the EuroDefense-Portugal Newsletter, with content in Portuguese and the language in which the original articles were published, aims to bring to everyone’s attention the opinions of some experts on European Security and Defence, and on the issues that have marked the current month in Portugal, Europe and the world.

The French-German relation in Defence: a must! But can’t we do better?

Whatever you call it: couple, engine, tandem. The ‘French-German’ is a must. There is no option. An inclusive one, open to other EU member states or even to like-minded third countries, for whom a strong European pillar of the transatlantic alliance is essential and the European ambition for strategic autonomy a necessary tribute to global security requirements. But this fair vision shared by France and Germany faces a lack of confidence, on both sides! We can probably do better through more rigorous methods and improve communication, as contributors to proper mutual trust.

THE EU’S CURRENT POSITION FOLLOWING RUSSIA’S INVASION OF UKRAINE

The Treaty of Westphalia determined basic principles of the relationships between
European states which have lasted for centuries. The conclusion of the invasion –
whatever it may be, whenever it comes – could be similarly epoch-making. What the EU
thinks and does then will be significant, even though currently unthought. This brief article
explores starting points.