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A comprehensive review is underway By Prof. Dr. Ralf Roloff, Marshall Center The European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) has been surprised by two major events in recent years: the Arab Spring and the Ukraine crisis. Both events have shown…

Poland updates its defense strategy and reconfirms its role in NATO By Col. Mariusz Fryc, Ph.D. Polish National Security Bureau Strengthening the eastern flank of NATO within the framework of consolidating the Alliance’s collective…

The United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) focuses on much more than nuclear weapons. Its mission requires continuous planning for employment of multirole bombers to maintain a credible and capable force. USSTRATCOM is an organization…

The expulsion of Russia provides an opportunity to reinvent the organization By Alessandro Scheffler Corvaja, research associate, Bundeswehr University, Munich In preparation for the June 2015 G7 summit, the group’s foreign ministers…

Europeans take steps to counter Russian propaganda masquerading as news In the French newspaper Le Figaro, a pro-Russian supplement is tucked inside. On the surface, it appears to be part of the newspaper, but its overt positive spin on…

The country focuses on building military and police proficiency By per Concordiam Staff Two Mi-17 helicopters were taking off, their blades chopping the air. The huge aircraft were moving forward, one behind the other. The engines…

Russia’s romantic attachment to its Soviet past has colored its relationship With Ukraine By Tobias Oder, Marshall Center The crisis in Ukraine has taken a toll on Eastern Europe’s future regional security, as well as global security.…

Book Editors: Sven Bernhard Gareis, Gunther Hauser and Franz Kernic Barbara Budrich Publishers, January 2013 Reviewed by: Alessandro Scheffler Corvaja Good handbooks on the European Union’s foreign policy are hard to come by. Many…

A resilient union is the only way forward for cheaper, secure and sustainable energy By Petras Auštrevičius, Lithuanian member of European Parliament The current state of the European Union’s energy market is highly unsatisfying and…

A Sensible Energy Policy Requires a Regional and Global Perspective By Rūta Bunevičiūtė European Affairs Committee Office The majority of articles in this issue discuss energy security in Europe, with Europe or for Europe. Some recent…