All tagged CFSP

Analysis | How European Foreign Policy is Crafted towards Venezuela

Pascal LeTendre-Hanns
Elections & Referendums, Democracy, European Foreign Policy, European Politics, European Union, Foreign Policy, Latin America, Venezuela

The European response to recent developments of the crisis in Venezuela is a strong example of how European common foreign policy is made and implemented in practice. In areas of policy where EU governments can compellingly argue that they have a better understanding of the situation they can carry real authority. Fellow EU states who may not be invested in a situation at all will be willing to listen and follow their lead.

Analysis | Geopolitics in the Era of Connectivity: Beijing and Brussels Compete for Central Asia

Cameron Vaské
European Union, Foreign Policy, Soft Power, Grand Strategy, Economic Policy, Eastern Europe, China, Central Asia, Geopolitics, Connectivity, National Security

Both Europe and China recognize the potential for economic growth at home and abroad by bringing the two ends of Eurasia closer together. Yet Beijing and Brussels have diverging views for Eastern Europe and Central Asia and are poised to compete for infrastructure investment. Connectivity — and the means to control it — is the new currency of geopolitics.

Analysis | Refining Strategic Autonomy: A Call for European Grand Strategy

Cameron Vaské
European Foreign Policy, European Politics, European Reform, European Union, Foreign Policy, Defense Policy, Security Affairs, Soft Power, Grand Strategy

Terms like strategic autonomy and defense union have become commonplace in the face of wavering American commitments to NATO and the transatlantic alliance. The shift in the discussion hints at a move towards greater European collective action on the world stage. With the resurgence of China, the return of Russia, the retreat of the United States, and the rise of the rest, Europe needs to define its own grand strategy.