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...

During the process of strategic reflection which led to the publication of the EU Global Strategy (EUGS), a broad consensus rapidly consolidated around the need for a specific follow-up initiative on European security and defence. Events since June 2016, when the High...

During the process of strategic reflection which led to the publication of the EU Global Strategy (EUGS), a broad consensus rapidly consolidated around the need for a specific follow-up initiative on European security and defence. Events since June 2016, when the High...

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...

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...

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...

2006, another year in which ESDP has gone from strength to strength. Unfortunately, it is true that its dynamism is also a symptom of the continuing deterioration in the international security situation since 2003. The civil war in Iraq, the nuclear issue in Iran, the war in Lebanon, the...

A year of striking contrasts, 2005 will go down in the annals as a year in which the European Union experienced a major political crisis, while at the same time showing remarkable dynamism on the international stage. This volume contains as comprehensive a compendium as possible of the...

This fifth volume of Core documents lists the European Union's decisions and actions in the field of security and defence taken during 2004. Texts concerning ESDP are collected in the first part of this volume: they include in particular the establishment of the European Defence Agency, the...