December 31, 2010
Today I’m back on this weblog to share with you the H. Schmidt’s concerns on future Bundeswehr. Die Zeit published on its website a video in which H. Schmidt expresses his concerns. According to him, professional defence forces recruit mainly among the lower classes of the society, thus not reflecting the society. To explore further… » read more
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November 13, 2010
As usual the House of Commons offered on 2nd November a very rich and dense debate on the ins and outs of the treaties signed between France and the United Kingdom at the occasion of the summit. I warmly recommend you to pay a visit to the video of the debate, that you will reach… » read more
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Defence Policy, English, European Defence, France, Germany, NATO, United Kingdom , Dr Fox, France, House of Commons, Nuclear deterrence, UK, UK-France Summit |
November 12, 2010
After a post on the point one of Sun Tzu’s quote your can read here below, I will try to analyze the idea of general’s ability. Sun Tzu said: Therefore, in your deliberations, when seeking to determine the military conditions, let them be made the basis of a comparison, in this wise: 1. Which of… » read more
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Armed Forces, English, France, Germany, Security, Spain, Sun Tzu, United Kingdom , Academia general de oficiales, offizierschule, Saint-Cyr, Sandhurst, Sun Tzu |
November 5, 2010
Sun Tzu said: Therefore, in your deliberations, when seeking to determine the military conditions, let them be made the basis of a comparison, in this wise: 1. Which of the two sovereigns is imbued with the Moral law? 2. Which of the two generals has most ability? 3. With whom lie the advantages derived from… » read more
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November 1, 2010
German readers should have a look at Karl-Olaf Lang’s study on Baltic Sea energy issues, that you can find on the following site: SWP, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik. I would not sum up this accurate and particularly interesting study. Nevertheless, I will try to highlight a few points, either mentioned by the author or implied… » read more
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October 26, 2010
Usually, when looking at the questions asked by the German Member of the Parliament to their government, I can see that the most irritating party is the left one, named “Die Linke”. It’s normal, as their main status is to belong permanently to the opposition. Their website is here: Die Linke. I apologize, but as… » read more
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October 25, 2010
Germany having a central position in Europe, at least for four reasons, geography, economy, population and heritage of World War II, its foreign policy is a matter of importance for all its neighbours. Today this post will be fed by the speech that Mr Westerwelle, German Minister of Foreign Affairs, pronounced on 21. October 2010… » read more
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Today I received as usually the questions asked by the members of the German Parliament at their government. I would like to underline one of them:it seems that past July a German employee of a private security company was killed in action. They express their concern on the allegations against some NATO-contracted companies, which could… » read more
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October 18, 2010
Many criticize the EU and its bureaucracy. However the EU have some positive aspects of which some are directly linked with democracy and the free access to information. This is what I did appreciate some days ago, while surfing, I got access to the conclusions of the General Affairs and External Relations Council (which gathers… » read more
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Armed Forces, English, European Defence, Germany, NATO, Security |
October 11, 2010
In the perspective of the development of European Defence (I prefer to precise: in the long term, very long term perspective of…), some comparisons are regularly made on the different conditions or limitations to the use of armed forces on national soil. [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/IyYj2QBpj8s” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] This is the focal point of a… » read more
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Having been involved in the construction of a European Defence at working level for a couple of years, I would like to go on, looking at its changes and progress through the prism of the various reports and press articles available on the web.
