With the fate of UN-sponsored talks in balance, a vigorous debate has emerged about the way to ad... more With the fate of UN-sponsored talks in balance, a vigorous debate has emerged about the way to advance discussions over the rules governing state behavior in cyberspace.
What are the merits and pitfalls of alternative approaches? And how can different tracks be strategically intertwined?
Report - EU Institute for Security Studies (EUISS), 2017
What kind of global actor can we expect China to be, given its growing international profile and ... more What kind of global actor can we expect China to be, given its growing international profile and ambitions? What do current trends indicate regarding the direction of its future foreign and security policy in Asia and beyond? And how can Europe engage with its Chinese partner while securing its own position and interests?
This Report – the outcome of a dedicated EUISS Task Force that held three seminars in Paris and Brussels between December 2016 and March 2017 attended by key China experts – attempts to answer these questions and explore how the EU can deepen its engagement with China in the international arena while upholding its own norms and values.
Relations between the United States and China in cyberspace are routinely depicted in antagonisti... more Relations between the United States and China in cyberspace are routinely depicted in antagonistic terms. Ongoing international controversy over the laws and norms of permissible peacetime behavior applicable in the cyber domain leave China and the United States with few tools to manage disputes. These conditions increase both the probability and consequences of escalating tensions between China and the United States. Differing interests between both countries, however, do not preclude cooperation but require a rethinking of the approach to cooperation – independent of trust as an input. This paper explores alternative opportunities for issue-specific cooperation that can produce tangible results in the absence of trust, with the potential of generating trust as an output. Non-cooperation entails rising costs of its own. China’s parochial practice of cyber diplomacy, which is reflective of an authoritarian government that is concerned about regime stability, tarnishes its ambition to establish a new type of major country relations with the United States. For the United States, the continuous economic loss from cyber-enabled espionage has reached a scale that threatens to upend the international balance of power. Given the costs the United States and China incur for non-cooperation, mitigating their impact depends on direct engagement between the two countries, outside of the frameworks of each country’s coalitions of convenience.
In 2008, the European Commission presented its first communication on trilateral cooperation betw... more In 2008, the European Commission presented its first communication on trilateral cooperation between the EU, China and Africa. Eight years later, despite China’s rapidly expanding commercial and military footprint in Africa, tangible effects of trilateral engagement on the continent have yet to materialise. Meanwhile, Africa’s economic development and stability has only grown in importance for both the EU and China.
This interdependency between security and development makes China an important partner for the EU – and Beijing has also emerged as one of the major donors and loan providers for Africa. Traditionally, China’s aid has been oriented towards economic sectors and often involves large-scale infrastructure projects. But the need to protect Chinese investments and citizens (an estimated one million Chinese live in Africa), including in the most fragile parts of the continent, are driving China’s growing role as a security provider.
As they enter a period of critical elections in 2016 and 2017, the US and European countries conf... more As they enter a period of critical elections in 2016 and 2017, the US and European countries confront a series of threats from cyberspace. Electronic voting infrastructure and networks of political groups have recorded repeated intrusions, while strategic leaks of compromising documents have sought to influence public opinion. These attempts to undermine election integrity target democracies at their core: public confidence in the fairness of the electoral process.
Prevention better than cure:the EU’s quiet diplomacy in Asia
Preventive diplomacy, or the resolution of disputes by peaceful means, has been one of the founda... more Preventive diplomacy, or the resolution of disputes by peaceful means, has been one of the foundations of the EU’s foreign and security policy in Asia and beyond and stands as an expression of a rule-based international order. Moreover, in its key strategic documents, including the recently released Global Strategy, the EU has highlighted the importance of preventive diplomacy, as reflected in the proposed ‘integrated approach’ to conflicts and crises.
This Report, which draws on the main presentations made during the 2016 CSCAP EU Committee meeting devoted to this topic, examines the role of the EU as a preventive diplomacy actor and explores how in pursuing this strategy it can contribute positively to security in the Indo-Pacific region.
The EUISS Yearbook of European Security (YES) is the Institute’s annual publication compiling key... more The EUISS Yearbook of European Security (YES) is the Institute’s annual publication compiling key documents and data related to the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP). This 2017 edition offers a comprehensive picture of the actors, institutions and processes that underpinned the Union’s foreign and security policy and external action in 2016.
In addition to updated data on instruments and policies covered in the previous editions, YES 2017 provides new information on, inter alia, the EU Security and Defence Package 2016, defence cooperation and industry, as well as forces and deployments.
Factsheets, maps, graphs and charts provide added clarity on some of the key issues facing the European Union and its external action today.
YES is an indispensable publication that aims to inform experts, academics, practitioners and, more generally, all those wishing to know more about the EU and security-related matters through the showcasing of crucial facts and figures.
edited by Antonio Missiroli
The institutional context in which the European Union conducts its e... more edited by Antonio Missiroli
The institutional context in which the European Union conducts its external action – starting with the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) – is complex, sometimes unclear, and highly fragmented. Moreover, the large number of players and formats for shaping, making and implementing decisions hardly facilitates a thorough understanding of the modus operandi of the Union in this domain.
This volume is intended to offer interested readers a portrait of how the European Union conducts diplomacy – as well as defence, development and other related policies. It offers an overview of how the EU has evolved as a foreign policy actor especially since the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, and includes analyses of the main players in the EU system and their interplay, conveying both past dynamics and present trends.
The book examines both the broader institutional context (European Commission, Parliament and Council) and the specific CFSP/CSDP set-up (the ‘multi-hatted’ High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, the European External Action Service and other bodies) with a view to highlighting the challenges and opportunities they create for Europe’s foreign policy. It also describes the policies that underpin the EU’s external action, as well as covering the geographical dimension and analysing the Union’s array of ‘strategic partnerships’ throughout the world.
With the fate of UN-sponsored talks in balance, a vigorous debate has emerged about the way to ad... more With the fate of UN-sponsored talks in balance, a vigorous debate has emerged about the way to advance discussions over the rules governing state behavior in cyberspace.
What are the merits and pitfalls of alternative approaches? And how can different tracks be strategically intertwined?
Report - EU Institute for Security Studies (EUISS), 2017
What kind of global actor can we expect China to be, given its growing international profile and ... more What kind of global actor can we expect China to be, given its growing international profile and ambitions? What do current trends indicate regarding the direction of its future foreign and security policy in Asia and beyond? And how can Europe engage with its Chinese partner while securing its own position and interests?
This Report – the outcome of a dedicated EUISS Task Force that held three seminars in Paris and Brussels between December 2016 and March 2017 attended by key China experts – attempts to answer these questions and explore how the EU can deepen its engagement with China in the international arena while upholding its own norms and values.
Relations between the United States and China in cyberspace are routinely depicted in antagonisti... more Relations between the United States and China in cyberspace are routinely depicted in antagonistic terms. Ongoing international controversy over the laws and norms of permissible peacetime behavior applicable in the cyber domain leave China and the United States with few tools to manage disputes. These conditions increase both the probability and consequences of escalating tensions between China and the United States. Differing interests between both countries, however, do not preclude cooperation but require a rethinking of the approach to cooperation – independent of trust as an input. This paper explores alternative opportunities for issue-specific cooperation that can produce tangible results in the absence of trust, with the potential of generating trust as an output. Non-cooperation entails rising costs of its own. China’s parochial practice of cyber diplomacy, which is reflective of an authoritarian government that is concerned about regime stability, tarnishes its ambition to establish a new type of major country relations with the United States. For the United States, the continuous economic loss from cyber-enabled espionage has reached a scale that threatens to upend the international balance of power. Given the costs the United States and China incur for non-cooperation, mitigating their impact depends on direct engagement between the two countries, outside of the frameworks of each country’s coalitions of convenience.
In 2008, the European Commission presented its first communication on trilateral cooperation betw... more In 2008, the European Commission presented its first communication on trilateral cooperation between the EU, China and Africa. Eight years later, despite China’s rapidly expanding commercial and military footprint in Africa, tangible effects of trilateral engagement on the continent have yet to materialise. Meanwhile, Africa’s economic development and stability has only grown in importance for both the EU and China.
This interdependency between security and development makes China an important partner for the EU – and Beijing has also emerged as one of the major donors and loan providers for Africa. Traditionally, China’s aid has been oriented towards economic sectors and often involves large-scale infrastructure projects. But the need to protect Chinese investments and citizens (an estimated one million Chinese live in Africa), including in the most fragile parts of the continent, are driving China’s growing role as a security provider.
As they enter a period of critical elections in 2016 and 2017, the US and European countries conf... more As they enter a period of critical elections in 2016 and 2017, the US and European countries confront a series of threats from cyberspace. Electronic voting infrastructure and networks of political groups have recorded repeated intrusions, while strategic leaks of compromising documents have sought to influence public opinion. These attempts to undermine election integrity target democracies at their core: public confidence in the fairness of the electoral process.
Prevention better than cure:the EU’s quiet diplomacy in Asia
Preventive diplomacy, or the resolution of disputes by peaceful means, has been one of the founda... more Preventive diplomacy, or the resolution of disputes by peaceful means, has been one of the foundations of the EU’s foreign and security policy in Asia and beyond and stands as an expression of a rule-based international order. Moreover, in its key strategic documents, including the recently released Global Strategy, the EU has highlighted the importance of preventive diplomacy, as reflected in the proposed ‘integrated approach’ to conflicts and crises.
This Report, which draws on the main presentations made during the 2016 CSCAP EU Committee meeting devoted to this topic, examines the role of the EU as a preventive diplomacy actor and explores how in pursuing this strategy it can contribute positively to security in the Indo-Pacific region.
The EUISS Yearbook of European Security (YES) is the Institute’s annual publication compiling key... more The EUISS Yearbook of European Security (YES) is the Institute’s annual publication compiling key documents and data related to the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP). This 2017 edition offers a comprehensive picture of the actors, institutions and processes that underpinned the Union’s foreign and security policy and external action in 2016.
In addition to updated data on instruments and policies covered in the previous editions, YES 2017 provides new information on, inter alia, the EU Security and Defence Package 2016, defence cooperation and industry, as well as forces and deployments.
Factsheets, maps, graphs and charts provide added clarity on some of the key issues facing the European Union and its external action today.
YES is an indispensable publication that aims to inform experts, academics, practitioners and, more generally, all those wishing to know more about the EU and security-related matters through the showcasing of crucial facts and figures.
edited by Antonio Missiroli
The institutional context in which the European Union conducts its e... more edited by Antonio Missiroli
The institutional context in which the European Union conducts its external action – starting with the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) – is complex, sometimes unclear, and highly fragmented. Moreover, the large number of players and formats for shaping, making and implementing decisions hardly facilitates a thorough understanding of the modus operandi of the Union in this domain.
This volume is intended to offer interested readers a portrait of how the European Union conducts diplomacy – as well as defence, development and other related policies. It offers an overview of how the EU has evolved as a foreign policy actor especially since the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, and includes analyses of the main players in the EU system and their interplay, conveying both past dynamics and present trends.
The book examines both the broader institutional context (European Commission, Parliament and Council) and the specific CFSP/CSDP set-up (the ‘multi-hatted’ High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, the European External Action Service and other bodies) with a view to highlighting the challenges and opportunities they create for Europe’s foreign policy. It also describes the policies that underpin the EU’s external action, as well as covering the geographical dimension and analysing the Union’s array of ‘strategic partnerships’ throughout the world.
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What are the merits and pitfalls of alternative approaches? And how can different tracks be strategically intertwined?
This Report – the outcome of a dedicated EUISS Task Force that held three seminars in Paris and Brussels between December 2016 and March 2017 attended by key China experts – attempts to answer these questions and explore how the EU can deepen its engagement with China in the international arena while upholding its own norms and values.
This interdependency between security and development makes China an important partner for the EU – and Beijing has also emerged as one of the major donors and loan providers for Africa. Traditionally, China’s aid has been oriented towards economic sectors and often involves large-scale infrastructure projects. But the need to protect Chinese investments and citizens (an estimated one million Chinese live in Africa), including in the most fragile parts of the continent, are driving China’s growing role as a security provider.
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This Report, which draws on the main presentations made during the 2016 CSCAP EU Committee meeting devoted to this topic, examines the role of the EU as a preventive diplomacy actor and explores how in pursuing this strategy it can contribute positively to security in the Indo-Pacific region.
In addition to updated data on instruments and policies covered in the previous editions, YES 2017 provides new information on, inter alia, the EU Security and Defence Package 2016, defence cooperation and industry, as well as forces and deployments.
Factsheets, maps, graphs and charts provide added clarity on some of the key issues facing the European Union and its external action today.
YES is an indispensable publication that aims to inform experts, academics, practitioners and, more generally, all those wishing to know more about the EU and security-related matters through the showcasing of crucial facts and figures.
The institutional context in which the European Union conducts its external action – starting with the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) – is complex, sometimes unclear, and highly fragmented. Moreover, the large number of players and formats for shaping, making and implementing decisions hardly facilitates a thorough understanding of the modus operandi of the Union in this domain.
This volume is intended to offer interested readers a portrait of how the European Union conducts diplomacy – as well as defence, development and other related policies. It offers an overview of how the EU has evolved as a foreign policy actor especially since the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, and includes analyses of the main players in the EU system and their interplay, conveying both past dynamics and present trends.
The book examines both the broader institutional context (European Commission, Parliament and Council) and the specific CFSP/CSDP set-up (the ‘multi-hatted’ High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, the European External Action Service and other bodies) with a view to highlighting the challenges and opportunities they create for Europe’s foreign policy. It also describes the policies that underpin the EU’s external action, as well as covering the geographical dimension and analysing the Union’s array of ‘strategic partnerships’ throughout the world.
What are the merits and pitfalls of alternative approaches? And how can different tracks be strategically intertwined?
This Report – the outcome of a dedicated EUISS Task Force that held three seminars in Paris and Brussels between December 2016 and March 2017 attended by key China experts – attempts to answer these questions and explore how the EU can deepen its engagement with China in the international arena while upholding its own norms and values.
This interdependency between security and development makes China an important partner for the EU – and Beijing has also emerged as one of the major donors and loan providers for Africa. Traditionally, China’s aid has been oriented towards economic sectors and often involves large-scale infrastructure projects. But the need to protect Chinese investments and citizens (an estimated one million Chinese live in Africa), including in the most fragile parts of the continent, are driving China’s growing role as a security provider.
This Report, which draws on the main presentations made during the 2016 CSCAP EU Committee meeting devoted to this topic, examines the role of the EU as a preventive diplomacy actor and explores how in pursuing this strategy it can contribute positively to security in the Indo-Pacific region.
In addition to updated data on instruments and policies covered in the previous editions, YES 2017 provides new information on, inter alia, the EU Security and Defence Package 2016, defence cooperation and industry, as well as forces and deployments.
Factsheets, maps, graphs and charts provide added clarity on some of the key issues facing the European Union and its external action today.
YES is an indispensable publication that aims to inform experts, academics, practitioners and, more generally, all those wishing to know more about the EU and security-related matters through the showcasing of crucial facts and figures.
The institutional context in which the European Union conducts its external action – starting with the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) – is complex, sometimes unclear, and highly fragmented. Moreover, the large number of players and formats for shaping, making and implementing decisions hardly facilitates a thorough understanding of the modus operandi of the Union in this domain.
This volume is intended to offer interested readers a portrait of how the European Union conducts diplomacy – as well as defence, development and other related policies. It offers an overview of how the EU has evolved as a foreign policy actor especially since the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, and includes analyses of the main players in the EU system and their interplay, conveying both past dynamics and present trends.
The book examines both the broader institutional context (European Commission, Parliament and Council) and the specific CFSP/CSDP set-up (the ‘multi-hatted’ High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, the European External Action Service and other bodies) with a view to highlighting the challenges and opportunities they create for Europe’s foreign policy. It also describes the policies that underpin the EU’s external action, as well as covering the geographical dimension and analysing the Union’s array of ‘strategic partnerships’ throughout the world.