Among the features in this issue:

training of Somali soldiers in Uganda and counter piracy in the Gulf of Aden, the Lisbon Treaty and the new ground for CSDP, and the EU's response to the Haiti earthquake.

The cover story takes us to the EU training mission for Somalia and EUNAVFOR-Atalanta.

The newsletter also focuses on EULEX

The EU has placed a growing emphasis on human rights issues in its civilian crisis management operations over the years, in turn creating operational challenges far beyond what has previously been experienced. This paper uses EUPOL and EUJUST LEX as a yardstick for examining the operational models used by the EU and their implications in a human rights perspective.

In this ninth paper in the 10 Papers for Barcelona series, the authors argue that policy-making on Euro-Mediterranean relations needs to pay more attention to the domestic sphere as the key arena in which both identity and democracy evolve.

Now that the features of the External Action Service have been outlined, the EU must concentrate on the substance of its foreign policy. Organised in cooperation with the Spanish Presidency of the EU, this seminar served as a timely opportunity to reflect on how foreign policy under the Lisbon Treaty should respond to global challenges. Narcis Serra, President of the Center for International Relations and Development Studies (CIDOB) Foundation in Barcelona, delivered a keynote speech as part of the seminar.

In this quarter's issue of the newsletter, EUISS director Álvaro de Vasconcelos writes about Europe's need to continue impressing its brand of multilateral governance. Guest author Srdjan Dizdarević suggests that for BiH to move faster towards the EU, civil society is key in pushing the country's politicians for faster reforms. EUISS Senior Research Fellow Giovanni Grevi explores the future of global governance amidst the shifts in power away from the EU and the US and toward emerging countries.

L’édition originale de cet ouvrage a été publiée en anglais en juillet 2009, puis mise à jour en octobre. C’est la version française, révisée après l’entrée en vigueur du Traité de Lisbonne, que nous présentons au lecteur avec une nouvelle préface par Catherine Ashton, Haute Représentante/Vice-présidente de la Commission européenne.

The European Security Strategy states that the EU should be ready to share in the responsibility for global security and building a better world. To achieve this, the Common Securty and Defence policy must be strengthened. Europe still struggles to deploy more than 4 percent of its 1.8 million troops, while the capability shortfalls have still not been addressed.

Enlargement policy to the Balkan region must not be a replica of the previous expansion to Central Europe. The author suggests the EU should strengthen the regional approach and grant candidate status to all countries in the region, while maintaining a commitment that is not challenged from within the EU.

Croatia is estimated to become a full member of the EU by 2013, ten years after applying. BiH on the other hand, is nowhere near matching that pace. This comparative analysis indicates that a process guiding the region as a whole towards the EU would have avoided such disparities in integrating the Western Balkans into the EU.

Following the 31 May 2010 flotilla incident, EU policy-makers face a basic choice between dealing with the consequences of this most recent crisis and addressing the root causes of it. The authors argue that a clear distinction between Hamas and the Gaza population would allow for a two-pronged strategy to both end the closure policy and revive representative peacemaking.