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    The Galileo satellite system and its security implications

    Aiming to reach operational status in 2008, the Galileo satellite system is planned to offer positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) services worldwide. It will join the ranks of the current GPS and GLONASS systems, allowing users to pinpoint their exact locations.

    Occasional Papers
    1 April 2003 By: Giovanni Gasparini, Gustav Lindstrom
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    EU Battlegroups – ready to go?

    The EU Battlegroups (BGs) reached full operational capability on 1 January 2007. However, they have never been deployed since, raising serious doubts about the viability of the overall initiative. This brief examines how, if the EU member states really want the Battlegroups to be...

    Briefs
    15 November 2013 By: Anna Barcikowska
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    Report of the Group of Personalities on the Preparatory Action for CSDP-related research

    In 2015, the European Commission invited key personalities from European industry, government, the European Parliament and academia to advise it on establishing a Preparatory Action on Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP)-related research. This Report is the result of...

    Analysis
    23 February 2016
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    European defence collaboration – Back to the future

    The EU is seeking to acquire the necessary military capabilities to foster security in its neighbourhood and beyond. But can scattered islands of collaboration at a bilateral or mini-lateral level be brought together to form a coherent and mutually supportive European archipelago...

    Briefs
    19 June 2015 By: Jan Joel Andersson
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    Enabling partners to manage crises – From ‘train and equip’ to capacity-building

    This Brief examines the debates within the EU over the provision of military equipment to third states in order to bolster their capacity for crisis management. What are the technical, legal and political constraints which exist?

    Briefs
    18 June 2015 By: Thierry Tardy
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    Defence budgets in Europe: downturn or U-turn?

    The year 2014 was dubbed a ‘game-changer’ for European security. Will 2015 be similar with regard to European defence spending? This Brief explores three possible scenarios.

    Briefs
    13 May 2015 By: Olivier de France
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    Exit strategies: what's in a name?

    This Brief takes a look at the discussions surrounding ‘exit strategies’ of EU CSDP missions. However defined, work on exit strategies may begin with CSDP – but eventually draws on, and takes to task, all other connected components of EU foreign policy.

    Briefs
    18 July 2014 By: Eva Gross
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    Article 346 and the qualified application of EU law to defence

    EU member states have long avoided applying EU law to defence by extensively relying – implicitly or explicitly – on Article 346. Using recent case law, this Brief shows how this is now becoming increasingly difficult.

    Briefs
    11 July 2014 By: Vincenzo Randazzo
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    One size to fit all? Setting standards for European defence

    At present, the European defence market is fragmented and characterised by a plethora of national standards. But with the need for defence standardisation becoming increasingly critical in an era marked by declining defence expenditure, what steps can be taken to ensure success?

    Briefs
    16 April 2014 By: Daniel Fiott
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    What EU citizens think about European defence

    On the face of it, there is overwhelming support in Europe for a common foreign and defence policy. But is there agreement on what a 'European defence policy' might actually mean? Or do EU citizens only favour common action when it is 'common' on their own terms? To provide some...

    Briefs
    22 November 2013 By: Olivier de France

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