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Brief blog Gulf Middle East

December 5, 2023March 12, 2024 Nicolas Gros Verheyde

[News] Attacks follow one another in the Red Sea against merchant ships

(B2) Yemen's Houthis carry out their threat. Missiles and drones targeted, on Sunday (December 3), several

News Blog Gulf Middle East maritime piracy

November 20, 2023March 12, 2024 Nicolas Gros Verheyde

[News] The Houthis hijack an “Israeli” ship in the Red Sea. Several European sailors captured (v3)

(B2) It is an act of “political” piracy which has just taken place in the Red Sea. The Houthis, the

News Blog Missions Operations

20th May 202228th May 2022 Nicolas Gros Verheyde

Florence Artaud's former boat attacked in the Red Sea near Yemen

(B2) It was 7:46 a.m. on Thursday (19 May) when the Brest maritime security center (MSCHOA) of the maritime anti-piracy operation

Blog Analysis PSDC crisis management Marine

6th January 2021March 2, 2021 Nicolas Gros Verheyde

[Challenges 2021] Maritime surveillance becomes a vector of European defense

(B2) Europeans are no longer 'paper dwarves'. The Union has become a leading player anchored

Brief blog maritime piracy

December 31, 2014December 31, 2014 Nicolas Gros Verheyde

Pirate attack in the red sea

(B2) A merchant ship was approached very closely (a few hundred meters) by two suspicious skiffs at sea

Brief blog maritime piracy

September 29, 2014March 2, 2020 Nicolas Gros Verheyde

Pirates still in action in the eastern Indian Ocean?

(B2) A merchant ship was “approached” by suspected pirates on Thursday (September 25) east of the Ocean

News Blog maritime piracy

19th January 201426th May 2016 Nicolas Gros Verheyde

First capture of the year by the pirates, off the coast of Eritrea. A false alarm (Shift)

(BRUSSELS2) A ship has been captured by pirates in the Red Sea off Asmara (Eritrea), maritime forces announce

News Blog maritime piracy

13th January 20128th May 2018 Nicolas Gros Verheyde

Puntland Asks EU & NATO: Please Help Destroy Pirate Bases

(BRUSSELS2) According to local sources gathered by the excellent online media Somalia Report, the pirates are on the way to returning

Brief blog maritime piracy

August 15, 201118th June 2016 Nicolas Gros Verheyde

NATO skeptical of the resurgence of pirate attacks

(BRUSSELS2) Experts from the NATO Maritime Center conducted, effectively on Monday (15 August), an analysis of the

[Interview] ASPIDES. A purely defensive operation that solves nothing. Forgotten geopolitical issues (Pascal Ausseur, FMES) April 8th
(B2) For Admiral Pascal Ausseur who heads the Mediterranean Foundation for Strategic Studies, the maritime operation launched by the Europeans in the Red Sea and in the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait is not entirely justified , nor at
Nicolas Gros Verheyde
[News] In the Red Sea, 68 ships escorted by Aspides. First assessment after seven weeks April 8th
(B2) Eleven attacks have been repelled in the Red Sea since February 23, according to Josep Borrell. Visibly satisfied with the performance of the latest EU maritime operations. The High Representative of the EU
Olivier Jehin
[News] Eurocorps head dismissed. For violation of defense secrecy March 27, 2024
(B2) Polish General Gromadziński is no longer the head of the European Corps. He has just been dismissed from his position and his security clearance has been revoked by the Polish government. With immediate effect. Reason
Nicolas Gros Verheyde
[Portrait] Three new heads of CSDP missions in Georgia, Palestine and Somalia March 26, 2024
(B2) The COPS ambassadors approved this Tuesday, March 26, the appointment of three heads of mission. A French woman in Georgia In Georgia, the appointment of General Bettina Boughani is confirmed, as of
Nicolas Gros Verheyde
[Report] Steadfast Defender 24: the clear message of the return of major NATO maneuvers March 10, 2024
(B2 in Poland) The Allies are engaged in exercises on a scale not seen since the end of the Cold War. 90 soldiers and an entire arsenal engaged in maneuvers crossing numerous countries,
Romain Mielcarek
[Exclusive] Create a special fund dedicated to European defense? An idea to explore 23th February 2024
(B2) Between a European Peace Facility stuck by German difficulties and a tight budget at community level, a third way could emerge to support the rise of the manufacturing industry.
Nicolas Gros Verheyde
[Decryption] Operation EUNAVFOR Aspides officially established (v3) 8th February 2024
(B2 - exclusive) Objective, modes of action, area of operation, commands, budget, coordination, intelligence... the main elements of the new European operation in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden are now known . Text explanations. Validated
Nicolas Gros Verheyde
[Verbatim] Military support for Ukraine. Between Paris and Berlin, like zests of nuance. kyiv as referee? 2th February 2024
(B2) At the end of the European Council, we were able to witness a detailed exchange, via press conferences, between the German Chancellor and the French President. Subliminal messages were passed
Nicolas Gros Verheyde
[Analysis] The semi-failure of the European plan to deliver heavy munitions to Ukraine 31th January 2024
(B2) The goal of delivering one million heavy munitions to Ukraine will not be achieved. It must be recognized. The Europeans have not been able to keep the commitment they made to kyiv. A setback
Nicolas Gros Verheyde