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The 15 presidents of the EURODEFENSE network of defence and security specialists across Europe, meeting today, 28 March 2022: Condemn in the strongest possible terms the invasion of Ukraine. Congratulate and admire the Ukrainian people for their courage in the face of Russian aggression Note the rapid reaction of the European Union and nations in their support of Ukraine Recognise that further massive European aid will be necessary to support refugees and to rebuild Ukraine Welcome the commitment of European nations to accelerate meeting or exceeding their NATO spending targets Believe that a collective approach to defence, security and resilience is more important than ever. Resolve to continue with renewed urgency the network’s studies on practical steps for mutual defence.

In these episodes our hosts Joost van Iersel and Frédéric Mauro will offer fresh new insights into topics of E uropean   security  cooperation. In the first three episodes we are introduced to our hosts, who also talk about the state of security affairs in their respective countries; The Netherlands and France. In the last episode they both share their vision on European  StrategicAutonomy . Listen to the first three episodes on Soundcloud , Youtube , or Spotify .

Op 24 februari 2022 viel Rusland de Oekraïne binnen. Dit conflict speelt al lang. Waarom slaat president Poetin nu pas toe? Nu een militaire operatie, wat gaat hierna gebeuren? In het KRO/NCRV programma M gaf Eurodefense Nederland lid Ron Keller, een oud-Nederlandse ambassadeur in Kiev en Moskou die Poetin meerdere malen heeft ontmoet een toelichting. Volg deze link om het programma te bekijken .

From War on the Rocks: ''With NATO, the United States often tries to have it all: U.S. leadership of the alliance and increased allied burden-sharing. Indeed, in   addressing   the Munich Security Conference in February 2021, President Joe Biden emphasized to allies that that the “U.S. is back” and is determined “to earn back our position of trusted leadership,” while welcoming “Europe’s growing investment in the military capabilities that enable our shared defense.”

C ompeting visions of European strategic autonomy have been widely debated in European Union (EU) policy circles. The term itself has undergone a fast evolution: from an initial focus on defence to inclusion of a much broader set of security considerations such as the economy, health or technology, to name just a few. At its core, however, the concept retains an important defence dimension.

The Netherlands Clingendael Institute of International Relations published a policy brief titled: "European Defence: Specialisation by Capability Groups"  Dick Zandee writes: In many professions specialisation is regarded as a virtue. In a hospital the surgeon, the anaesthetist and the nurse have specialised skills. Together they engage in teamwork to cure patients. Yet, when it comes to defence, specialisation has a negative connotation. Contrary to the hospital’s operating theatre, dependency on each other’s armed forces is regarded as a serious, if not unacceptable risk, as a country has to be able to defend itself without relying on capabilities to be provided by other states. Read and download the report here The Netherlands MoD has included task specialisation within in the European Union as policy goal for 2035. Implementation comprises intensified cooperation as well as active participation in pooling and sharing initiatives. Read page 35 (Design principle 9) of the ...

The Strategic Compass for the EU’s security and defence policy, to be adopted in 2022, must generate immediate action. The best way of ensuring that is to prepare new capability initiatives and, potentially, new operational engagements now, so that they can be launched simultaneously with the Strategic Compass. In that light, “the development of an initial-entry force as a pool of Member State forces that train and exercise together and are made available to the EU” (as summarised in an EEAS working paper), is one of the most promising ideas on the table. How to make it work? Photo Credits: New Zealand Defence Force from Wellington, New Zealand, Wikimedia Commons

  The webinar “ European Green Deal and Defence ” will take place on the 1 st october, from 18:00 to 19:30  (Brussels time).   The event is organized by the EURODEFENSE EWG 1b working group with the aim of presenting and  discussing the findings of the European working group 26b ‘’ Energy, Cli mate, Security and Defence ’’.   Click here to register for the upcoming EURODEFENSE webinar: The link to the meeting will follow a few days before the meeting starts  Programme   18:00 | Welcome by Mr Patrice Mompeyssin  Acting Secretary-General of the EURODEFENSE Network   Patrice Mompeyssin is Brigadier General (2S) and Secretary-General of the   EURODEFENSE Network, with a long and rich career at EuroDéfense France and   in the French Army. Graduated at the renowned Academy of Saint-Cyr, he had   throughout his career numerous command missions in France and abroad, both   in the service of...

Picture courtesy NL MoD Afghanistan: Can history tell us what to do? No, but history can certainly tell us what not to do! A personal view of Iric A. van Doorn ( Vice President Eurodefense Netherlands) Wassenaar (NL) 18 September 2021 The West, and in particular the USA, has a long history of often violent and usually unsuccessful attempts at regime changes. After the Cold War the US-neo-conservative global strategy was based on US supremacy and exceptionalism and its goal was global control. The act of terrorism of 9/11 was a consequence of the role of the USA in the Middle East; blind support for the State of Israel, the first Gulf war, activating Muslim activists to get the Russians out of Afghanistan and support for dictatorial regimes. 9/11 was utilized to realise US-expansion plans. The military invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq had a tenuous link with “hunting” a group of terrorists. That is a professional job for the police and the “Services”. We now know the consequences: Al Qa...