EU Global Strategy Expert Opinion No.34 – Julianne Smith

As EU officials draft the EU’s Global Strategy on Foreign and Security Policy (EUGS), ambitions are no doubt running high. This is, after all, the first time since 2003 that the EU has undertaken a comprehensive examination of its current threat environment, its core objectives, and its overarching place in the world. For months, drafters and contributors in and outside of formal EU channels have been recommending ways in which the EU can enhance its impact, strengthen its capabilities, and maintain its strategic focus in the midst of a turbulent threat environment where crises seem to surface almost daily.