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SDA Policy Spotlight - Azerbaijan's view of the security situation in the Southern Caucasus
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The event, which took place on May 27, 2008, comprised a keynote address by Araz Azimov, Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan, followed by a question and answer session.
Insights included:
- Azerbaijan and Brussels have a mutual interest in increased dialogue.
- The EU’s approach to the Southern Caucasus is still being tested.
- Azerbaijan has a key role to play in European energy security.
- The merits of missile defence and NATO and EU expansion in the Southern Caucasus are open to question.
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June 2008
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European Security Review - No. 38 (May 2008)
June 2008
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The outlook for security and defence technologies
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The event focused on current developments in the field of security and defence technology including transatlantic interoperability, funding and civ-mil cooperation.
Insights included:
- The European Defence Agency (EDA) is working to form a common set of R&T priorities for Member States.
- European radio spectrums must be harmonised to ensure emergency first-responders have adequate access to communications technology.
- EU-NATO cooperation within the realm of defence technology must be improved.
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June 2008
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EU-US defence cooperation
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On 14 April, the Security & Defence Agenda together with the Atlantic Council of the United States organised a transatlantic roundtable on the question of EU-US defence cooperation. With two panels and 14 high-level speakers both in Brussels and in Washington, the debate proved to be highly fruitful and a start for more transatlantic dialogue on this subject.
Central elements of the discussions where:
§ The prospects for a permanent structured cooperation within the European Security and Defence Policy;
§ The importance of the EADS tanker deal for future defence cooperation;
§ Questions of interoperability and NATO-EU relations.
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June 2008
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Revisiting NATO-ESDP relations - SDA Discussion Paper 2008 (Part II)
April 2008
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On the eve of Bucharest
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Romania will be hosting the next NATO Summit in Bucharest on 2-4 April this year. On 12 March the Security & Defence Agenda hosted Romania’s Ambassador to NATO Sorin Dumitru Ducaru, US Ambassador to NATO Victoria Nuland and Belgium’s Ambassador to NATO Baron Frans van Daele.
NATO countries will be deciding whether to admit Croatia, Albania and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the club but a dispute over the latter changing its name is threatening to spoil the party. Moreover, the NATO Ambassadors discussed whether NATO should give Ukraine and Georgia Membership Action Plans, plus Afghanistan, Kosovo, missile shield plans, cyber defence and energy security in a debate full of interesting insights.
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April 2008
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Assessing the cyber security threat - Roundtable Report
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Estonian Minister of Defence,
Jaak Aaviksoo
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Following a fascinating debate that ranged from bullet-proof hosting to onion-routing, the conclusion had to be that the cyber security threat was evolving rapidly and was touching all aspects of society. Its political importance is also increasing and in a cyber society that “has no rules or borders, according to Estonia’s Minister of Defence Jaak Aaviksoo, there is a need for improved coordination at the highest level.
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March 2008
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Revisiting NATO-ESDP relations - SDA Discussion Paper 2008 (Part 1)
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The SDA has published the first in a two part discussion paper looking at the state of NATO-ESDP relations.
It includes contributions from Daniel Korski of the European Council on Foreign Relations in London, Ilana Bet-El, a security and defence expert and writer in Brussels, Lt. Gen. David Leaky of the EU Military staff in Brussels, Ambassador Stewart Eldon of the United Kingdom’s Delegation to NATO and Ana Gomes, a Portuguese MEP in the European Parliament.
Part two will be released in early April.
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March 2008
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European Security Review No. 37 (March 2008)
March 2008
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What is the EU's report card on pandemic preparedness?
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The debate started as usual, when SDA Director Giles Merritt posited the question “What is the EU’s report card on pandemic preparedness?” The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control’s Angus Nicoll launched the debate with a positive point, referring to the EU and its Member States’ growing coordination and communication to pandemic preparation in Luxembourg last year and that the three upcoming EU presidencies would keep pandemic preparedness on their agendas. DG SANCO’s Andrzej Rys alluded to the Commission’s publication of the Green Paper on bio-preparedness and the establishment of the new Health Security Committee as signs that the Commission is taking pandemic threats very seriously.
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February 2008
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What future for a European disaster relief force?
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SDA Roundtable
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Adriano Martins of the European Agency for Reconstruction advocated success in his organisation’s operations, most notably in the Balkans. International Crisis Group’s Alain Délétroz made a case that the EU should be developing its own capacities, via the ESDP, eluding to a permanent civ-mil response HQ in Brussels. Giuliano Porcelli of the Council of the EU, envisioned the tangible improvements in the EU’s operational capabilities for responding to international disasters, vis-à-vis a Lisbon Reform Treaty ratification, that would streamline decision-making when time matters most.
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January 2008
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