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EU Militarism and War Policies

War and Pacification

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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  • Partners in Crime EU complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza

    • EU Militarism and War Policies
    • Middle East and North Africa

    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

  • Under the Radar Twenty years of EU military missions

    • EU Militarism and War Policies
    • Militarism
    Policy briefing by
    Josephine Solanki
    Under the Radar

  • 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
    • Niamh Ní Bhriain
    • Josephine Solanki
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  • Fanning the Flames : How the European Union is fuelling a new arms race

    • Border Wars
    • EU Militarism and War Policies
    Report by
    • Mark Akkerman
    • Pere Brunet
    • Andrew Feinstein
    • Tony Fortin
    • Angela Hegarty
    • Niamh Ní Bhriain
    • Joaquín Rodriguez Alvarez
    • Laëtitia Sédou
    • Alix Smidman
    • Josephine Solanki

  • Hold Fire – why we must reject militarism for peace

    EU Militarism and War Policies
    Longread by
    Niamh Ní Bhriain

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