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Institutional Reform and Security GoveranceISIS Europe works to ensure that EU and NATO security strategies, policies and institutions in the enlarged Europe are designed to meet contemporary security challenges, while meeting the highest standards of transparency and democratic accountability with the sound underpinning of shared values.This programme area explores the institutional responses to contemporary security challenges in an enlarged Europe. The work focuses on the development and implementation of EU and NATO security strategies and EU and NATO institutional reform. Particular attention is paid to promoting coherent responses, integrating the co-ordination of internal and external, civil and military, preventive and defensive instruments. Our motivation is to make multilateralism effective within these institutions and promote improved inter-institutional co-operation between the EU, NATO, OSCE and UN. However, a more comprehensive, multinational approach to security that encompasses elements of criminal justice and encourages interventions at an early stage, also presents new challenges for security governance and democratic and administrative accountability. ISIS Europe therefore seeks to provide policy input that reconciles the need for early, effective and flexible multilateral responses to security challenges with high standards of democratic accountability. NATOWatch (partnering with ISIS Senior Advisor Ian Davis) www.natowatch.org NATO Watch is a new, independent project to collect and disseminate information and research on NATO and Euro-Atlantic security issues. It will be the only independent non-governmental organisation with a remit to monitor and analyse NATO on a daily basis. NATO Watch is intended to be both pragmatic (critical but constructive) and add value to existing civil society activities. It will: This website will provide comprehensive, accurate, reliable and up-to-date information about NATO. Research Reports and Briefing Papers will explore NATO reform. A monthly e-newsletter, The NATO Observatory, will provide a digest of NATO news stories and shared analysis and reports from expert partners and external sources. To subscribe to NATO Watch mailings, including the NATO Observatories, Press Releases, Comments and News Briefs click here.
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 Welcome to the twelfth edition of NATO Watch’s bi-monthly Observatory which has been developed as part of Nato Watch’s independent monitoring service. The focus is on NATO policy-making and operational activities and the clips are drawn from a wide range of subscriptions, feeds and alerts covering a substantial part of the major English language newspapers and other periodicals worldwide. Final Thematic and Case-Study Report of Multipart Work Package 4b on Multi-stakeholder Partnerships for Socio-Economic Development Final Thematic and Case-Study Report of Multipart Work Package 4c on Multi-stakeholder Partnerships in the Field of Good Governance, Democracy and the Ruel of Law Final Thematic and Case-Study Report of Multipart Work Package 4d on Multi-stakeholder Partnerships active in the field of Reconciliation, Confidence-Building and Inter-Communal Bridge-Building Welcome to the eleventh edition of NATO Watch’s bi-monthly Observatory which has been developed as part of Nato Watch’s independent monitoring service. The focus is on NATO policy-making and operational activities and the clips are drawn from a wide range of subscriptions, feeds and alerts covering a substantial part of the major English language newspapers and other periodicals worldwide. Welcome to the tenth edition of NATO Watch’s bi-monthly Observatory which has been developed as part of Nato Watch’s independent monitoring service. The focus is on NATO policy-making and operational activities and the clips are drawn from a wide range of subscriptions, feeds and alerts covering a substantial part of the major English language newspapers and other periodicals worldwide. Welcome to the ninth edition of NATO Watch’s bi-monthly Observatory which has been developed as part of Nato Watch’s independent monitoring service. The focus is on NATO policy-making and operational activities and the clips are drawn from a wide range of subscriptions, feeds and alerts covering a substantial part of the major English language newspapers and other periodicals worldwide. On 13 April 2010, ISIS Europe and DCAF, together with MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski (EPP) and MEP Ioan Mircea Paºcu (S&D), organised a European Security Contact Group meeting for Members of the European Parliament and the NATO Parliamentary Assembly with the aim of discussing new avenues and facets for partnership between NATO and the EU in the area of capability development. Much ado about the changes from the Lisbon Treaty. This short editorial investigates the positive potential of Ashton and the EEAS and restructuring as demonstrated by a new response process in Haiti at the beginning of 2010. After four months, the efforts by the Spanish Government on Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) provide enough material to make a brief review of the first rotating Presidency under the This article assesses the current state of affairs of EU-NATO cooperation in the field of capability development. While improvements can be made to both formal and informal cooperation mechanisms in this field, real progress will not be possible until underlying strategic differences over the future of European security are resolved. In the meantime, real work on avoiding duplication and fostering strategic coherence is best coordinated through capitals NATO Watch comments on a briefing co-written by Franklin Miller, George Robertson and Kori Schake that criticizes recent German government efforts to remove the remaining US nuclear weapons from its and European soil. Welcome to the sixth edition of NATO Watch’s bi-monthly Observatory which has been developed as part of Nato Watch’s independent monitoring service. The focus is on NATO policy-making and operational activities and the clips are drawn from a wide range of subscriptions, feeds and alerts covering a substantial part of the major English language newspapers and other periodicals worldwide. Welcome to the fifth edition of NATO Watch’s bi-monthly Observatory which has been developed as part of Nato Watch’s independent monitoring service. The focus is on NATO policy-making and operational activities and the clips are drawn from a wide range of subscriptions, feeds and alerts covering a substantial part of the major English language newspapers and other periodicals worldwide. This article will analyse the decisions taken insofar by the Council on the setting up of the EEAS and the remaining grey areas. In particular it will be questioned as to whether the new aspects that will (or most likely) feature the new diplomatic service (the design is still nebulous in some parts) will efficiently support the new High Representative/Vice President Ashton to fulfil her mandate and consequently enhance the coherency of EU foreign policy. ISIS Europe's proposed organigramme for the EEAS. See the complementary explanatory commentary in the article "The Setting Up of the European External Action Service (EEAS): Laying the Basis for a More Coherent EU Foreign Policy?" ESR no.47 By Filippo Mauri with Giji Gya ESR no. 47, December 2009. As the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the European Union is coming to an end, it is now time to assess It is the 1 December 2009 and the Lisbon Treaty enters into force. A warm welcome to High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/VP of the Commission, Baroness Ashton, a female first in the top EU echelon. here you will find a brief of previous analyses by ISIS Europe on ESDP, which is now Common Foreign and Security Policy (CDSP). Welcome to the fourth edition of NATO Watch’s bi-monthly Observatory which has been developed as part of Nato Watch’s independent monitoring service. The focus is on NATO policy-making and operational activities and the clips are drawn from a wide range of subscriptions, feeds and alerts covering a substantial part of the major English language newspapers and other periodicals worldwide. Twenty years after the velvet revolution it is time to remove US nuclear weapons from Welcome to the third edition of NATO Watch’s bi-monthly Observatory which has been developed as part of Nato Watch’s independent monitoring service. The focus is on NATO policy-making and operational activities and the clips are drawn from a wide range of subscriptions, feeds and alerts covering a substantial part of the major English language newspapers and other periodicals worldwide. Welcome to the second edition of NATO Watch’s bi-monthly Observatory which has been developed as part of Nato Watch’s independent monitoring service. The focus is on NATO policy-making and operational activities and the clips are drawn from a wide range of subscriptions, feeds and alerts covering a substantial part of the major English language newspapers and other periodicals worldwide. The German Constitutional Court has made a decision! The political tenor of the unanimous ruling will have long-term repercussions. Critics like Alfred Grosser consider the new ruling as a “black day” in the history of European integration. Having reached its national goals the Federal Republic would run the risk of becoming the brakesman of the process of European integration. However, it remains to be seen whether this is really the end of the European integration process so dear to European federalists. It is safe to say though, that its effects on the future development of a common foreign and security policy and its defence related aspects are immense. NATO Watch’s new Bi-Monthly Observatory has been developed as part of NATO Watch’s independent monitoring service. Our focus is on NATO policy-making and operational activities and the clips are drawn from a wide range of subscriptions, feeds and alerts covering a substantial part of the major English language newspapers and other periodicals worldwide. We are looking to improve this unique NATO-focused OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) project over the coming months and would welcome your feedback and ideas. Each edition of the Observatory will also contain an editorial feature - beginning with a spotlight on NATO’s new counter-insurgency guidance. Heads of State issued “A Declaration on Alliance Security” at the NATO Strasbourg / Kehl Summit in April. The Summit also initiated the process that will lead to a new NATO Strategic Concept – its core mission statement – an exercise that the Alliance expects to complete by its next Summit in late 2010. While NATO claims to be committed to a widespread political debate in framing a new Strategic Concept, the review is likely to be entrusted to a group of eminent persons (effectively a retread of the Harmel model from the late 1960s). This report is our opening contribution to the “battle of narratives” currently underway in the Alliance. It contains some of the presentations and key debates from over 100 participants at an inaugural Shadow NATO Summit to coincide with the 60th anniversary NATO Summit. The Executive Summary of the report includes a Citizens Declaration of Alliance Security, which outlines some of the basic principles for equipping the Alliance to meet the different and diverse challenges of this 21st century. Following the end of the Czech Republic Presidency of the Council of the European Union, it is now time to assess Prague’s work during the past six months in the area of European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP). The results were neither positive nor negative. More pro-activity from the Czechs could have changed perception significantly more.  In this article Ian Davis argues that it is not longer possible to ignore the democratic deficit at the heart of NATO – the cornerstone of This briefing summarises the Shadow NATO Summit: Options for NATO - Pressing the Re-Set Button on the Strategic Concept, which took place on 31 March and 1 April 2009. The conference was co-organised by BASIC, the Bertelsmann Stiftung, ISIS Europe and NATO Watch, with the support of the Marmot Charitable Trust and an evening reception with Jamie Shea hosted by the NATO Public Diplomacy Division. In this article, Dr. Ian Davis, founder and Director of NATO Watch, discusses the sixteen principles for reforming NATO, as set out in the Citizens Declaration of Alliance Security. The article is a response to “Ten Theses on NATO in a Changed World” by Karsten Voigt This briefing is linked to our series of European Security Contact Group meetings investigating new engagements for ESDP. This briefing summarises our examination of civilian capabilities of ESDP and commitments to improvement. The long awaited report on the implementation on the European Security Strategy (ESS) finally emerged at the December Council Ministerial under the French EU Presidency. Rather than a "replacement", it is a "reinforcement" of the 2003 ESS and attempts to examine the five threats outlined in the ESS - five years on. ISIS Europe gives a brief overview of the report. In this article, Jan Gaspers highlights This article navigates the reader through the development of the White Paper to its implications for military reform in France and its goals for the country's strategic orientation over the next fifteen years. The article also focuses on three issues mentioned in the report that are particularly pertinent for the rest of the European Union ESDP: peacebuilding, NATO, nuclear weapons and space. In a follow-up to our article on the Lisbon Treaty in ESR no. 37, this summary from EU-27 Watch of the EU-CONSENT project discusses surveyed opinions of EU member states on ratification of the Treaty, as well as the status of Kosovo and security challenges from European Neighbourhood (ENP) regions. It concludes with a snapshot of current debates in the member states over the future of Europe and national EU strategies. This article looks over the horizon to explore some of the key security threats and challenges that are likely to confront European policy makers over the next dozen years. It provides a sweeping overview of the main actors, regions and issues involved, as well as highlighting the systemic problems we face in our efforts to respond. Concerted multilateral approaches are essential, backed by sustained political willpower over the long term. Unfortunately, even if we are able to achieve this, we could still end up acting too little too late when trying to address the wrong problem in the wrong way. The Lisbon Treaty is an attempt to overcome the impasse caused by the failure of the Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe. It aims to create an enhanced institutional architecture and to offer better opportunities for strengthened collective action. Among the various new provisions it contains, many do not challenge the essential inter-governmental nature of foreign and security policy decision making. Nevertheless, this article concludes that it does introduce a number of important institutional changes that require further discussion and elaboration before the Treaty enters into force. This article takes up the call of the European Parliament and President Sarkozy, amongst others, that the European Security Strategy should be revised in light of recent changes in the nature of the threats and challenges confronting Europe. We need to reappraise where the strategy is leading us in practice, where the gaps might be and what revisions are necessary. To become a genuine strategy it should contain clear targets and objectives and detailed action plans for their achievement. 2008 should be the year in which the first such review is undertaken. Looking at: Sudan and Chad; Kosovo; Budget; WMD and small arms; Cluster Bombs. Looking at: EDA - developing EU's defence capabilities; SEDE - Gender Mainstreaming Action Plan and Gender Training in Hungary. Security and defence policy only played a marginal role in the French presidential election campaign in 2007. But the issue quickly surfaced during the G8 and the EU summits in June. President Sarkozy compared the extent of his projected reforms with that of de Gaulle's, the father of the Fifth Republic. There is indeed a great potential for change. But so far, the change in style prevails over the change in substance, argue Claudia Major and Christian Malling. ISIS provides a round-up of pertinent issues in EU Security. In this article: A new European Treaty; Brown, Sarkozy, Merkel and foreign policy; UK on nuclear disarmament; developments on banning cluster bombs. Looking at: Toward a Common European Foreign Policy on Energy?; The European Space Council and the future of Galileo; the Arms Embargo in Sudan; A European Anti-Missile Shield? Despite - or perhaps because of - the controversy attached to it, the EU's move to fold most of the provisions of the Prum Treaty into its existing accumulated legislation (or acquis communautaire) was afforded a single line in the Presidency Conclusions of the Brussels European Council (finalised 22 June 2007). According to this document: "The recent decision to integrate the essential provisions of the Prum Treaty into the Union's legal framework will help to intensify cross-border police cooperation". Underlying this anodyne statement are tensions as to the manner in which the Prum Treaty entered the EU canon, and the degree to which it helps - or perhaps even hinders - attempts to enhance cross-border law enforcement cooperation. Looking at: Contribution of space to ESDP; Threats from EU neighbourhood; EU-NATO relations. Looking at: Implementation of EU's WMD strategy; NATO challenges; Activities of COARM under German Presidency; Tenth anniversary of the Chemical Weapons Convention. Germany is confronted with special expectations for the outcome of its six-month EU presidency. Holding the G8 presidency at the same time, Germany is considered by its EU partners to be capable of pushing forward an ambitious agenda, not least in the field of foreign and security policy. As it is both pro-European and transatlantic in outlook, Germany is perhaps uniquely placed to further develop an accentuated role for ESDP. While the government is playing down expectations about how much can be achieved in such a short period, German diplomacy has laid the groundwork for pragmatic progress in the following fields: improvement of the coherence of external relations; stabilization of the Western Balkans; launch of a mission to Afghanistan; development of European capabilities. This 12-month study was conducted during 2004-05 under the Sixth Framework Programme for RTD for the implementation of the specific programme Integrating and Strengthening the European Research Area activity on Support for the coherent Development of Policies sub-activity on Analyses and Studies, work relating to foresight, statistics and science and technology indicators. The study was made possible by funding provided by the Science and Technology Foresight Unit of DG Research, which fulfils within Directorate K "Social Sciences and Humanities; Foresight". The authors would particularly like to thank: Dr Paraskevas Caracostas (Head) and Dr Werner Wobbe of the DG Research Foresight Unit for their advice and comments throughout this study; as well as a number of other individuals from within the Commission for their helpful insights. We are also grateful to Patrick Lages Carvalho for his secretarial support.
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