By Daniel Fiott, Security and Defence Editor, EU Institute for Security Studies, and Michalis Ketselidis, Senior Expert, European Commission
One year ago, the European Commission published its action plan on synergies between civil defence and space industries. Shortly after, European institutions launched a series of initiatives to implement it. In this policy paper, the authors explain the rationale and the drivers of the tools and the challenges stakeholders face towards their success.
ReadMore about Ares GroupBy Marcin TERLIKOWSKI, Head of the International Security Programme, PISM
Completing the Ares paper series on “Defence innovation: new models and procurement implication” after the issues on Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom, this policy paper offers a global perspective on the Polish defence innovation and procurement ecosystems, and their evolution in recent years.
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The ENGAGE project, which brings together 13 academic institutions and think tanks from across Europe, including IRIS, examines how the EU can effectively and sustainably meet strategic challenges by harnessing all of its tools to become a more assertive global actor.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovative programme.
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Analysis by Frédéric Mauro, Lawyer at the bar of Brussels, Associate Researcher at IRIS (France), Edouard Simon, Senior Fellow at IRIS (France/Belgium) and Ana Isabel Xavier, Professor in International Relations at the Autonomous University of Lisbon (Portugal).
This review requested by the European Parliament’s Committee on SEDE aims at analysing the implementation of both PADR and EDIDP in details and the link between the military and the industrial capability development dimensions.
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By the Expert Group of the International Military Council on Climate and Security, in collaboration with the Center for Climate and Security, Council on Strategic Risks, the Clingendael Institute, the Hague Center for Strategic Studies and IRIS.
The World Climate and Security Report (WCSR) 2021 from the Expert Group of the International Military Council on Climate and Security is a global assessment of the security dimensions of a changing climate and effective means to address them. It is intended to inform timely climate and security policy and action, and builds upon the analysis in the first WCSR, released in February 2020.
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Analysis by Olivier de France (IRIS), Günter Bächler, Alexandra Dienes, Thomas Greminger, Anna Gussarova, Hiski Haukkala, Andrey Kortunov, Łukasz Kulesa, Alexandra Martin, Zachary Paikin, Yauheni Preiherman, Sonja Stojanović Gajic, Fred Tanner, Nathalie Tocci, Tony van der Togt, Simon Weiß, Julie Wilhelmsen, for the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung in partnership with Globsec
This report aims, within the framework of the Cooperative Security Initiative (CSI), to generate ideas and create momentum in favour of cooperative security and multilateralism throughout the OSCE in order to make a more secure Europe possible.
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Until the end of 2022, this two-year project, TES-D, co-funded by the Erasmus + Programme of the European Union involves a consortium of academics andpractitioners from six countries of the EU, and the UK. It aims to develop a set of policy recommendations for the establishment of a common sport diplomacy at the EU-level and to create a network of relevant stakeholders.
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