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Aurelie Pugnet 14th February 2020March 12, 2020 Article 5, Mutual assistance, military intervention, threat, Public opinion, NATO, blood money, Russia, Survey, EU-USA

Defense of the Allies relies heavily on the United States for public opinion (Pew Research Center)

(B2) Citizens of the Atlantic Alliance have a generally positive view of the organization, reveals the poll carried out by the Pew

Blog Analysis Missions Operations

Nicolas Gros Verheyde 12th May 2019September 11, 2023 special forces, military intervention, Opex, hostages

France never abandons its nationals. Audacity and training

(B2) It's a French precept that has few equivalents in the world - apart from the Israelis, the Russians

Blog Analysis European history

Nicolas Gros Verheyde 23th October24th October 1956, Hungary, Imre Nagy, military intervention, Revolution, USSR

60 years ago, the Budapest revolution, a real urban war

(B2) The memory of the revolution has faded… And we forget that what began on October 23, 1956

North Africa - Libya Blog Analysis

Nicolas Gros Verheyde April 29th15th February 2020 Daech, fact checking, France, Airstrikes, Government of National Unity, military intervention, Italy, Libya, Q&A, United Kingdom

An intervention in Libya is being prepared. But which one?

(B2) Regularly, the media in Italy, in France, in the United Kingdom report on imminent plans to intervene in Libya. HAS

North Africa - Libya Brief blog

Nicolas Gros Verheyde March 24, 201615th February 2020 Foreign Affairs Council, diplomacy, military intervention, Libya, sanctions, WebTV

The Europeans and Libya: intervening, sanctioning, exerting pressure?

(B2) What future for Libya? Should troublemakers be punished? What is the goal ? An intervention

News Blog Gulf Middle East Police Terrorism European policy

Nicolas Gros Verheyde 7th December 2015September 11, 2023 Daech, Eastern Europe - Central Asia, Francois hollande, military intervention, Libya, Matteo Renzi, Nicolas Sarkozy, Terrorisme, Eurozone

Renzi's political kickboxing lesson

(B2) The interview Matteo Renzi gave to the daily Corriere della Sera this Sunday looks like a real kick lesson

News Blog Gulf Middle East

Nicolas Gros Verheyde 3th December 2015September 11, 2023 Communal room, David Cameron, Hilary Benn, military intervention, United Kingdom, Syria

We face fascists (Hilary Benn)

(B2) Labour's shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn's speech did not go unnoticed last night

News Blog Gulf Middle East

Nicolas Gros Verheyde 25th OctoberSeptember 11, 2023 Weapons of mass destruction, Chilcot Commission, Daech, military intervention, Iraq, ISIS, Saddam Hussein, Tony Blair

Iraq 2003: Tony Blair's mea culpa

(B2) The Iraq war in 2003 was not really based on good intelligence and did not bring the

North Africa - Libya Brief blog EU diplomacy

Nicolas Gros Verheyde 17th February 2015August 31, 2016 Bernardino Leon, political dialogue, Federica Mogherini, military intervention, Libya

Libya: no military option possible for the European Union

(BRUSSELS2) “The military option is not a solution to the conflict. Political dialogue must be encouraged by all means.

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