The Strategic Compass provides guidance and a common vision for strengthening the EU's security and defence policy by 2030. The Council approved the Strategic Compass on 22 March 2022, just a few ...

Today the Council has formally approved the Strategic Compass, at a time when we witness the return of war in Europe. The Compass gives the European Union an ambitious plan of action for strengthening ...

International partnerships are a staple of EU foreign policy. Yet the European Union’s approach to such arrangements has long been somewhat counterintuitive: instead of conditioning who it works with ...

In 1707, the splendidly monikered British Admiral of the Fleet Sir Cloudesley Shovell drowned himself and some two thousand sailors when he ran his ships aground at night on the rocks of the Isles of ...

(opens in a new window) (opens in a new window) (opens in a new window) (opens in a new window) Copy HelpAge’s current strategic planning is inadequate, lacking a cohesive framework to support the ...

The European Union is at risk of "strategic shrinkage," owing to geopolitical, economic, and ideological pressures from all sides. Safeguarding European citizens, interests, and values will require ...