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How the War Will End in Iraq
Immanuel Wallerstein (02/06/2008)

Under strain in Afghanistan
Pascal Boniface (Gulf News - 07/03/2008)

Walking Away: The Least Bad Option
Immanuel Wallerstein (18/02/2008)


Behind the politics of France’s relationship to NATO
Jean-Pierre Maulny (IRIS - 14/02/2008)

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BEYOND PRINCIPLES, BARGAINS AND STEREOTYPES : WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF EURUSSIA RELATIONS ?
Par Laure DELCOUR, Senior Research Fellow - may 2008
« The EU and Russia stand at a crossroads in their relationship. After Poland lifted its veto at the end of 2007, Lithuania announced last week its intention not to continue blocking the opening of negotiations for the next EU-Russia agreement. Talks are thus expected to begin shortly with a view toward reaching a wide-ranging agreement to replace the current PCA signed in 1994. ».
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POOLING OF EU MEMBER STATES ASSETS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ESDP
Jean-Pierre MAULNY and Fabio LIBERTI / Directorate General External Policies of the Union - Subcommitted on Security and Defence - European Parliament / February 2008
In the defence arena, ‘non-Europe’ represents a huge and irrational cost for European taxpayers. There is far too much duplication of defence effort spread across the Member States of the EU. Yet they are all meant to be trying to find common solutions to common problems. No-one expects European armies to become truly interoperable for the foreseeable future but, nevertheless, the pooling of capabilities would be a huge step in the right direction. There are already a handful of initiatives of this kind in Europe, but much more could be done. DOWNLOAD

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L'Année stratégique 2008
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