Under the common security and defence policy (CSDP), the EU plans for and responds to international crises. The EU seeks to manage crises, build the capacity of partners and protect Europe through military and civilian means.

The EUISS Yearbook of European Security (YES) 2017 is the Institute's annual publication compiling key documents and data related to the EU's common foreign and security policy (CFSP) and common security and defence policy (CSDP) for the year 2016. Updated factsheets, maps, graphs and charts...

This Brief takes a look at the state of play in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) in the run-up to the bi-regional EU-CELAC summit in El Salvador in October. What can the Union expect to achieve at the summit? And what kind of partner can CELAC be for the EU?

Over the past decades, defence cooperation has helped European countries preserve their security. Defence cooperation in the second machine age may, however, need to evolve and move beyond traditional joint procurement programmes to pertain also to new domains.

Russia's recent actions in eastern Europe and significant military build-up along its Western border and in the enclave of Kaliningrad has rattled many nerves. This Brief explores how, as a consequence, all the countries in the Nordic-Baltic region are now rearming.

In this Alert, the EUISS Director looks at how the EU Global Strategy offers a new perspective for the EU Security and Defence Implementation Plan (SDIP). How can the Union best achieve its goal of making Europe and Europeans feel safer - Secure, Able, Forward-looking, Engaged and Responsive.

The EUISS Yearbook of European Security (YES) 2016 is the Institute's annual publication compiling key documents and data related to the EU's common foreign and security policy (CFSP) and common security and defence policy (CSDP) for the year 2015. Updated factsheets, maps, graphs and charts...

EU citizens are increasingly migrating abroad as developing countries become more attractive destinations. Diaspora communities are becoming more important, while the emergence of more circular, bi-directional migratory patterns presents an opportunity to turn 'brain drain' into 'brain exchange'.

Europe is playing a numbers game - the mastery of data and information. What can be done to improve the chances of winning? And why is effective communication over the refugee crisis - to EU citizens as well as migrants - so vital?

Recent developments to the east and south of Europe have pushed European defence back onto the agenda in Washington. What steps has the US taken to guarantee the security of its transatlantic allies? And are they enough?