Workshop/JOINT WP2 Workshop on 22 November in Brussels
On 22 November 2021, JOINT members gathered in Brussels for the first WP2 Workshop “The Context of EU Foreign and Security Policy: Internal contestation, regional fragmentation and multipolar competition.” JOINT Coordinator Riccardo Alcaro and WP2 Leader Hylke Dijkstra summarize in two videos the outcomes of the workshop as well as the objectives of the project […]
Videos/Get to know our partners
During the day of JOINT WP2 Workshop, we asked the members our JOINT partner institutions to tell us more about what they think of the project and about the research work they have been doing so far. We interviewed: Hylke Dijkstra, JOINT WP2 Leader – Maastricht University (MU) Georgana Noutcheva, Associate Professor – Maastricht University […]
Paper/Collateral Damage: How EU Internal Policies Shape Crises and Conflict Abroad by Kristina Kausch
In this new JOINT Paper, Kristina Kausch, Senior Fellow with the German Marshall Fund’s Brussels office, claims that EU’s framework for conflicts in its neighbourhood emphasises traditionally external policy sectors, often leaving on side EU internal policies that shape crises and conflict abroad.
Paper/Multipolarity and EU Foreign and Security Policy: Divergent Approaches to Conflict and Crisis Response
A 53-pages Literature Review on what multipolarity means for EU crisis management and conflict response and on what future research on the topic should focus on. By Assem Dandashly, Hylke Dijkstra, Marta Marafona, Gergana Noutcheva (respectively, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Research Assistant and Associate Professor at Maastricht University) and Zachary Paikin (Researcher at the Centre […]
Multipolarity and EU Foreign and Security Policy: Divergent Approaches to Conflict and Crisis Response
Growing multipolar competition affects the ability of the EU and its member states to formulate and implement common action on crises and conflicts. The effort by the “international community” to ensure global security and peace is weakening due to a divergence in the approaches to crises and conflicts by the major powers, which are often […]
Collateral Damage: How EU Internal Policies Shape Crises and Conflict Abroad
Europe is increasingly affected by conflicts in its neighbourhood, but its ability to prevent and resolve them remains limited. This dilemma underlines the need for European foreign and security policy to make optimal use of tools, assets and resources available. The EU’s main framework to do so, the Integrated Approach to Conflicts and Crises, emphasises […]
Brief/European Reactions to AUKUS and Implications for EU Strategic Autonomy by Marta Marafona
In this Brief, Marta Marafona, MSc in European Studies and Research Assistant H2020 Project at Maastricht University, analyses the different reactions of EU Member States and institutions to the AUKUS deal and its implications on EU strategic autonomy.
European Reactions to AUKUS and Implications for EU Strategic Autonomy
On 15 September 2021, Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States announced AUKUS, a trilateral deal aimed at intensifying security cooperation in the Indo-Pacific area ostensibly to counterbalance Chinese influence. While AUKUS foresees cooperation in a number of policy areas, its core element is the provision of US-made nuclear-powered submarines to Australia. This has […]
Paper/Not Yet Fit for the World: Piecemeal Buildup of EU Military, Cyber and Intelligence Assets by Kristi Raik
This new JOINT Paper by Kristi Raik, Director of the Estonian Foreign Policy Institute at the International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS) analyses EU’s military, cyber and intelligence tools, to understand how they can enhance crisis and conflict management efforts.
Paper/Regional Fragmentation and EU Foreign and Security Policy by Agnès Levallois
In this JOINT Paper, Agnès Levallois, Senior Research Fellow at the Foundation for Strategic Research (FRS), explains how the EU can address regional fragmentation, highlighting how this is a significant challenge for the Union as it undermines central states’ authority and distributes it amongst other actors – including non-state armed groups.
Not Yet Fit for the World: Piecemeal Buildup of EU Military, Cyber and Intelligence Assets
In the past decades, the EU has developed an increasingly broad, multi-sectoral set of foreign and security policy instruments. All of these can be relevant in sustaining the EU’s crisis and conflict management efforts. While trying to create a more effective and integrated toolbox, the Union has faced a number of challenges. First, as the […]