SDA's sister think-tank, Friends of Europe, is a prominent and lively Brussels-based think-tank for EU policy analysis and debate.

The Security & Defence Agenda (SDA) is based in the Bibliothèque Solvay in the Parc Léopold next to the European Parliament.

The building houses the SDA team and serves as the venue for almost all SDA events in Brussels.

The security implications of Europe's energy thirst

               

The Security & Defence Agenda is pleased to announce the publication of its new report, entitled “The security implications of Europe’s energy thirst”. It summarises the SDA’s roundtable of May 25th, which gathered high representatives from Russia, the Czech Republic, Georgia, NATO, EU institutions and the Oil Companies International Marine Forum. Looking into strategic relations with Russia and the race to Arctic, the roundtable’s main conclusion was that the European Union's relationship with Russia is a fundamental factor to the security, or insecurity, of Europe's future energy supplies.

Read the report.

See all SDA reports.

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 SDA Annual Defence Conference

 

 Important

Due to a change in the timings of the NATO Ministerial meeting, the SDA rescheduled its international conference entitled "Re-thinking NATO’s global Security & Defence role". Initially planned for the 11th of June, it will now be held in the early autumn.

Read more information about the event.

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 Re-launching NATO or just re-branding it?

The SDA is pleased to present its latest Discussion Paper entitled “Re-launching NATO or just re-branding it?” At a decisive time for NATO, experts tackle critical questions over the Alliance’s new strategic consensus, including France’s return to NATO’s military command, the relationship between NATO and European security and defence policy (ESDP), and the Obama Administration’s own security and defence agenda.

Download SDA Discussion Paper.

               

Karl von Wogau
Chairman of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence, European Parliament

 

Jana Hybaskova
Member of the European Parliament

 

Clemens von Goetze
Ambassador, German PSC Representative to the EU

 

Lt. Gen. David Leakey Director General of the EU Military Staff

 

Jamie Shea
Director for Policy Planning, Private Office of the Secretary General of NATO

 

Rt. Hon. Desmond Browne 
Former Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom

 

Hilmar Linnenkamp
Former Deputy Chief Executive, European Defence Agency

 

Henri Bentégeat
Chairman of the EU Military Committee

 

Franco Frattini
Former Vice President for Justice, Freedom and Security, European Commission

 

Peter Altmaier
Former Parliamentary State Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Federal Republic of Germany

 

Ana Maria Gomes
MEP and Vice Chairwoman, Committee on Security & Defence, European Parliament

 

Christine Roger
PSC Ambassador, Permanent Representation of France to the EU

 

Giancarlo Grasso
Former Chairman of the ASD Commission and Vice-Chairman of ESRIF, Finmeccanica

 

Gijs de Vries
Former EU Counter-Terrorism Co-ordinator

 

Brig. Gen. Illka Laitinen
Executive Director, European Border Management Agency (FRONTEX)

 

Geoffrey Van Orden
MEP, SubCommittee on Security and Defence, European Parliament

 

Gen. John Craddock
Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR)

 

Jaak Aaviksoo
Minister of Defence, Estonia

 

Vladimir Chizhov
Ambassador, Mission of the Russian Federation to the EU

 

Sorin D. Ducaru
Romanian Ambassador to NATO

 

Baron Frans van Daele
Belgian Ambassador to NATO 

 

Alexander Lambsdorff
German Member of the Security & Defence Subcommittee of the European Parliament

 

François Gayet
Secretary General of the Aerospace and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD)

 

Pieter De Crem
Belgian Minister of Defence

 

Dmitry Rogozin
Ambassador, Mission of the Russian Federation to NATO

 

Alyson Bailes
Visiting Professor, University of Iceland

 

Anne-François de Saint Salvy
Former Deputy Director of the Delegation for Strategic Affairs, French Ministry of Defence

 

Bernard Jenkin
Member of the UK House of Commons, Defence Select Committee

 

Peter Weilemann
European Office Director, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung

 

Stefanie Babst
Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy, NATO

 

W. Bruce Weinrod
US Secretary of Defence Representative, Europe

 

Jean-François Bureau
Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy, NATO

 

Michèle Alliot-Marie
French Minister of the Interior and Overseas Territories

 

Jacques Barrot
European Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security

 

Lt. Gen. Karl Eikenberry
Deputy Chairman of the NATO Military Committee

 

Tomaz Lovrencic
Deputy Director of the European Union Satellite Centre

 

Admiral Giampaolo di Paola
Chairman of the Military Committee, NATO

 

Commander Snowy Lintern
Liaison Officer of the EU Naval Force in Somalia

 

Doris Pack
MEP, Chairwoman of the Delegation for relations with the countries of South-East Europe

 

Rear Admiral Stefan Engdahl
Swedish Military Representative to the EU and the NATO EAPMC

 

Shirin Ebadi
2003 Nobel Peace Prize Winner

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