by Admiral (ret) Alain Coldefy, President, Societé des Membres de la Légion d’Honneur (SMLH), Paris War made a tragic return to continental Europe when Russia invaded neighbouring Ukraine in early 2022 in an attempt to terrorise the entire country. It is a land war, partly air-land but relatively little naval, even if the French daily…
by Charlina Vitcheva, Director-General, DG Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG MARE), European Commission, Brussels The new EU Maritime Security Strategy (EUMSS)1 comes at a time of increasing geopolitical strife and rapid technological developments, answering a broad range of security challenges in the global maritime domain. The EU Member States combined have the largest Exclusive Economic…
by Gerhard Arnold, Theologian and Publisher, Middle East correspondent for this magazine, Würzburg On 10 March 2023, senior government officials of Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed in Beijing, after mediation by Chinese leadership, to resume their diplomatic and economic relations. On 6 April, the foreign ministers of both states met for further talks, also in…
by Nannette Cazaubon, Paris Having reported several times on the “Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Risk Mitigation Centres of Excellence” (CBRN CoE) initiative in our magazine, we are continuing to follow this success story, launched by the European Union (EU) in 2010. Aimed at fostering national and regional cooperation in the face of CBRN risks…
by Josep Borrell Fontelles, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice President of the European Commission (HR/VP), Brussels It is time build the European Union (EU) into a real security provider. In response to a radically changing security environment, we are taking many steps to defend the security of our citizens and our…
by Peter Tamm, Publisher, Hamburg, and Hartmut Bühl, Editor-in-Chief, Paris This 48th edition marks a new beginning for “The European – Security and Defence Union” magazine! Starting with this issue, Peter Tamm, owner of Tamm Media Group, Hamburg, via its publishing house, Mittler Report Verlag GmbH, Bonn, takes over the magazine’s ownership from the previous…