The OCGG Security Section's Governance Area on EU Security Policy aims at establishing independent encompassing EU security capabilities.

 

The second issue of the Oxford Journal on Good Governance examines the EU's budding Strategic Culture. Featuring an introduction by Michel Barnier and contributions from a selected group of seasoned practitioners and leading researchers including Elmar Brok, Christoph Heusgen, Klaus Naumann and Michael Baun, the publication builds on the acclaim won by the previous issue.

You can download the entire journal as a PDF document: Oxford Journal on Good Governance - Vol 2 No 1

 

This first issue of the Oxford Journal on Good Governance focuses on the increasing independence and capability of the European Union as a strategic actor. Addressing this key development in global governance, the Journal features articles from high-level policy-makers and leading scholars on both sides of the Atlantic.

You can download the entire journal as a PDF document: Oxford Journal on Good Governance - Vol 1 No 1

 

by Benjamin Schreer and Asle Toje

published in the Financial Times: 23 October 2003

Non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction is a crucial part of the draft European Union security strategy, so Tuesday's announcement by Iran that it would suspend its uranium enrichment programme and allow unrestricted inspection of nuclear facilities looks like a powerful vindication of that strategy. Such an upbeat assessment, however, would be premature. Iran's nuclear ambitions could yet be the rock on which it founders.

OCGG Security Briefing No 1 (PDF)

 

The second issue of the Oxford Journal on Good Governance, A Strategic Culture for Europe: EU Security Policy after Iraq, features contributions from Michel Barnier, Elmar Brok, Christoph Heusgen, Klaus Naumann, and leading European and American experts.

The first issue of the Oxford Journal on Good Governance, A Security Strategy for Europe: The Solana Strategy in the Wake of Madrid, features articles by Javier Solana, Chris Patten, Doug Bereuter, and several leading academics from both sides of the Atlantic.

Benjamin Schreer, Senior Researcher at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, and Asle Toje, Director of the OCGG Security Section, comment upon the EU's nuclear diplomacy in Iran in OCGG Security Briefing No 1.

Asle Toje, Director of the OCGG Security Section, analyses nuclear proliferation in Iran in OCGG Security Briefing No 5.

Simon Roughneen, OCGG Analyst, presents advice to the key actors in the Middle East on how to revive the peace process in the post-Arafat era in OCGG Security Advice No 1.