Where cyber-security is heading

SDA: Where cyber-security is heading – With the European Commission’s due to publish its proposals for securing Europe’s cyberspace in early 2013, the SDA is delighted to present its timely discussion paper “Where cyber-security is heading”. This paper brings together the views of a wide collection of international cyber experts and offers an overview of all the policymakers’ debates from the first year of the SDA’s Cyber Initiative.  To download the discuss… http://ow.ly/2uz4fa

WPI: Gay Marriage in France: Change Now?

WPI: Gay Marriage in France: Change Now? – Lede:  On Tuesday, the debate began at the French Parliament on a bill that would give gay couples the right to marry and adopt children. But it seems likely that the bill won’t go into effect for months. It’s a reminder that, in France, controversial cultural legislation needs to be passed quickly to avoid polarizing the society, something conflict-averse President Hollande is unable, o… http://ow.ly/2uyrpx

FriendsOfEurope: France in Mali: Now or Never for European Foreign and Security Policy

Mali (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

FriendsOfEurope: France in Mali: Now or Never for European Foreign and Security Policy http://ow.ly/2uyb8Q

GMFUS: America Rediscovers the Atlantic

GMFUS: America Rediscovers the Atlantic –

This article was first published in Aspenia, Aspen Italia’s journal. It can be read here in its original form (printed in Italian).

Most Europeans will be pleased with the re-election of President Obama after a campaign that many in Europe never realized was such a close run thing. Yet, there are lingering concerns, not least over the extent to which a second Obama Administration will focus on transatlantic relations – a subject that hardly featured in the presidential campaign. Public opinion surveys, and comments from American officials have many convinced that the so-called “pivot to Asia” spells less attention to the Atlantic. Americans, especially younger Americans, are looking to Asia as a region increasingly important to their perceived interests. But this hardly means that the Atlantic has disappeared from the US agenda. Indeed, the strategic significance of the Atlantic could acquire important new meaning to the extent that it is defined more broadly, to include the Atlantic basin as a whole, north and south. The north-south and south-south dimensions of transatlantic relations are poised to take center stage.

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RUSI: Euronaval: Reinforcing the Strategic Importance of the Sea

RUSI: Euronaval: Reinforcing the Strategic Importance of the Sea http://ow.ly/2uxXw3

RUSI: Procurement Lessons from the War i

RUSI: Procurement Lessons from the War in Libya – Andrea Gilli, a Visiting Fellow at the European Union Institute for Security Studies (Paris), investigates some of the procurement lessons from the 2011 NATO-led operation against Libyan Government forces, and suggests some possible courses of action http://ow.ly/2uxTwW

RUSI: A Pause for Thought on Defence Ref

RUSI: A Pause for Thought on Defence Reform – Bob Barton, former Managing Director of Niteworks, returns to the vexing theme of change in the MoD, and asks whether its inability to understand the root causes of inefficiency prevents the successful implementation of new processes and concepts http://ow.ly/2uxTwX

FriendsOfEurope: Institutions and the Eu

FriendsOfEurope: Institutions and the European Union – By Robert Cox Cameron’s rambling speech on “Europe” reeks of a certain, familiar arrogance towards the “continent” beloved of Tories and, in the last analysis, is a plea for reducing the entire European project back to the square-one of a common market with little or no scope for any other common European endeavour to build a new society for the twenty-first century. http://ow.ly/2uxQ0p

GPF Europe: More transparency on Russia

GPF Europe: More transparency on Russia’s military modernization goals would enhance security in Europe http://ow.ly/2uxQ0o

SDA: Pentagon to boost US Cyber Command

SDA: Pentagon to boost US Cyber Command – The US Department of Defense is set to expand its cyber wing to counter growing threats to US government computer networks and to enhance its abilities to launch offensives against foreign enemies, according to a US Defence official. http://ow.ly/2uxQ0q