EU Militarism and War Policies

War Economy

In the realm of EU security policies, the Transnational Institute (TNI) offers a critical perspective that calls into question the European Union's Common Security and Defence Policy. This policy framework establishes the EU's role in shaping border control measures and crisis management strategies within its borders, and extends its influence on addressing global security concerns, including the pressing issue of climate change.

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Book Launch | Along the Watchtower: Dispatches from Europe's War on Migration : With Nathan Akehurst
Border Wars

EU Militarism and War Policies
Event

Event date and time: 6 December 2026 - 16:00 - 6 December 2026 - 18:00 CET

Event location: Transnational Institute, De Wittenstraat 25, 1052 AK Netherlands
Digital Fortresses Webinars
Digital Futures

Border Wars

EU Militarism and War Policies
Online event by

The Institute for Technology in the Public Interest (TITiPI)

Transnational Institute
Event date and time: 16 September 2026 - 19:00 - 16 September 2026 - 20:30 CET

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“Security for Whom?” : Civil society organisations from across the spectrum urge EU decision-makers to reject the military budget surge and invest in human security instead

EU Militarism and War Policies

Open letter
Publication date: 17 June 2026

Partners in Crime EU complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza
EU Militarism and War Policies

Middle East and North Africa

Palestine
Since the attacks of 7 October, the EU has provided political cover and material support for Israel. This has continued through almost eight months of unrelenting bombardment with almost 40,000 people killed, the forced displacement of 2.3 million people, the fastest descent into starvation of an entire population ever recorded and the total destruction of Gaza’s civilian infrastructure including homes, hospitals, schools and universities, places of worship and bakeries. This support continued as Israel was placed on trial for genocide at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague and as the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced that it would seek arrest warrants for Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and defence minister Yoav Gallant. Were the EU to have applied pressure in October by imposing sanctions, an arms embargo and prohibiting the transit of US military equipment through Europe, Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza may have been curtailed. The EU chose not to act then, and it continues to fail in its legal and moral duty to act now. This political cover and material support, particularly in light of the ICJ’s interim ruling which put all states on notice of a plausible case of genocide, makes the EU directly complicit in it.

Policy briefing by

Niamh Ní Bhriain

Publication date: 4 June 2024
Under the Radar Twenty years of EU military missions
EU Militarism and War Policies

Militarism
Policy briefing by
Josephine Solanki

Publication date: 8 May 2024
Smoke Screen How states are using the war in Ukraine to drive a new arms race
EU Militarism and War Policies

Militarism
Publication by
Mark Akkerman

Publication date: 30 November 2022
Fanning the Flames : How the European Union is fuelling a new arms race
Border Wars

EU Militarism and War Policies
Report by
Mark Akkerman

Publication date: 17 March 2022
Hold Fire – why we must reject militarism for peace
EU Militarism and War Policies

Peace and Neutrality
Longread by
Niamh Ní Bhriain

Publication date: 28 July 2022