First 2024 Newsletter
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In this edition we will pay special attention to EuroDefense Finland, we are happy to offer you an editorial by the chapter’s President: Hanna Ojanen.
Publications
Overview of recent developments on China
We should expect China to practice a proactive diplomacy, trying to generate successes like the recent Iran-Saudi Arabia rapprochement. China does not have a credible position as a mediator in the Ukraine conflict, especially since they agree with several of the underlying worldviews of Russia, including condemning the interference of the West, the start of negotiations from geopolitical realities like lost territory and more.
The EURODEFENSE network can play a leading role in assisting European strategic thought leaders in articulating “The Way Ahead”, through the actions of a group of concerned people with credibility and visibility.
The Western Mediterranean Forum – the 5+5 Dialogue
The Western Mediterranean Forum, commonly referred to as the 5+5 Dialogue, comprises Algeria, France, Italy, Libya, Malta, Mauritania, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, and Tunisia.
As a trans-mediterranean initiative, the goal of the 5+5 Dialogue is to ensure closer cooperation among the five EU Member States and the five Arab Maghreb countries through political dialogue and cooperation and by encouraging more effective resource management as a means of strengthening interdependence and regional development.
When needs must (or exploiting existing European defence cooperation solutions to best avail)
When needs must: Over the years, Europe has developed a large number of collaborative defence sector instruments: OCCAR originally established in 1996; EUMS and other …
Thoughts on recent reading
Those who follow the international news can hardly fail to be aware that the world seems to be spiralling out of control and that the regulatory systems put in place after the Second World War are struggling to keep pace. We live in a world in which the media is chock-a-block with analyses, inflamed debates, experts in both information and disinformation, forecasts swiftly debunked by facts and rational argument so laced with pure emotion that we may be forgiven for being confused.
For a common definition of European operational requirements and a common acquisitions multiyear budget planning
1. General approach to a) capability definition and b) arms development & production EU Member States are fully aware that they do not have enough …
The High Seas Treaty
On 4 March 2023, the United Nations adopted the international treaty on “the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction”.
Military Programming Act 2024-2030: European aspects
The MPL forms part of the bedrock fuelled by developments in the European Union aimed at reinforcing EU strategic autonomy, the European DITB in particular, and is equally a contributory factor.
Report on the Breakfast Debate with Alain Lamassoure on 18 April 2023
On 18 April, we were pleased to welcome French politician Alain Lamassoure, former Minister Delegate for European Affairs and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1999 to 2019, for a breakfast debate on the topic of “Those who control the past control the future”. It was he who, in November 2020 had founded the Observatory on History Teaching in Europe (OHTE) under the aegis of the Council of Europe.