Iran’s Retaliatory Attack on Israel Puts the Middle East on the Brink
A few days after Iran’s attack on Israel, it is too early for an overall assessment of the consequences. It is possible, though, to draw some preliminary reflections. Has Iran gained something, or has the attack rather been a strategic setback? And is there a way out? The attack is the culmination of a months-long […]
Rhetorical Confrontation Is No Substitute for the EU’s Iran Policy
The EU’s Iran policy has been in a bind since, in rapid succession, in late summer 2022 any hope for reactivating the 2015 nuclear deal or Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) dissipated, the Iranian government violently cracked down on protesters’ demanding greater freedoms and women’s rights, and Russia started using Iranian drones to hit […]
Brief/ A Decade of Deadlock. The EU’s Shipwreck on Palestine Embodies the EU’s Blockade Problem by Kristina Kausch
EU decision-making on the Middle East peace process has been paralyzed for a decade, making it the poster child for broader foreign policy pathologies. The weak, erratic European response to Hamas’ October 7, 2023 attack on Israel and the latter’s retaliation in Gaza was the natural consequence of a long-standing stalemate. The Israel/Palestine file has […]
A Decade of Deadlock. The EU’s Shipwreck on Palestine Embodies the EU’s Blockade Problem
The weak, erratic European response to Hamas’ 7 October 2023 attack on Israel and the latter’s retaliation in Gaza was the natural continuation of a long-standing pathology. For a decade before Hamas’ attacks, EU foreign and security policy toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict had been at a stalemate. The Israel/Palestine file has displayed in a particularly […]
Videos/ Strengthening EU Foreign and Security Policy in a Complex and Contested World
The video playlist “Strengthening EU Foreign and Security Policy in a Complex and Contested World” contains videos with main takeaways and policy recommendations drawn from JOINT project’s analysis and reports on 9 case studies, aimed at studying on how domestic and systemic factors constrain the ability of the EU and its member states to agree […]
Assessing EU Foreign and Security Policy: JOINT Effectiveness Checklist
The JOINT project has created the JOINT Effectiveness Checklist: a simple tool for policy-makers and researchers to systematically assess the effectiveness of EU Foreign and Security Policy (EUFSP) in conflict and crisis situations. The tool allows for both swift indicative assessment and tentative trend-building over time, as well as for indicative comparisons of EU responses to different […]
Unlocking EU Foreign and Security Potential: Measures to Mitigate Internal Contestation, Regional Fragmentation and Multipolar Competition
This paper investigates the potential avenues available to the European Union in implementing innovative strategies to mitigate challenges within its foreign and security policy (EUFSP) arising from three primary contextual elements: internal contestation, regional fragmentation and multipolar competition. The paper emphasises the significance of achieving a delicate equilibrium between ameliorating disagreements within the EU and […]
Paper/ Unlocking EU foreign and security potential: Mitigation Measures by Sarah van Bentum and Gregor Walter-Drop
In this JOINT Report, Sarah van Bentum (Research Fellow at the Freie Universität Berlin – FUB) and Gregor Walter-Drop (Director of the Knowledge Exchange Lab – KEL) identify mitigation measures for EU policy-makers to work towards a better and more coherent EU Foreign and Security Policy in response to international crisis. The paper identifies three […]
European Public Opinion on the Challenges and Future of EU Foreign and Security Policy
The present report illustrates the results of a survey conducted in six European countries (France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland and Spain) to assess public sentiments towards EU Foreign and Security Policy (EUFSP). Notably, the survey reveals a strong demand for more EUFSP, with a majority supporting a move away from the unanimity rule toward majority […]