If we are to address the ‘arc of crisis’ referred to in the White Paper, we must re-examine the way we configure Europe’s strategic space: consolidate regional good-neighbourliness, strengthen the geopolitical legibility of the European continent and redefine the power play to be employed by the EU between the Atlantic Alliance, the Eurasian pact and Mediterranean policy.

If we are to address the ‘arc of crisis’ referred to in the White Paper, we must re-examine the way we configure Europe’s strategic space: consolidate regional good-neighbourliness, strengthen the geopolitical legibility of the European continent and redefine the power play to be employed by the EU between the Atlantic Alliance, the Eurasian pact and Mediterranean policy.

A general overview on the french strategic equation though three major factors, interests, values and responsabilities based on a geopolitical approach.

The question of the Atlantic Alliance’s future is concentrating European and American minds before the next summit at Strasbourg-Kehl. France, which is radically changing its military position within NATO, must contribute to this conceptual task. Apart from the ideas which are emerging on a new Strategic Concept for the relaunch of NATO, there are more radical questions to be asked on the alliances and pitfalls which threaten these ideas, at a time when globalization is resulting in a diversified planet, one of a web of power relationships

Preliminary conclusions from the seminar on security aspects of ‘The Barcelona process: a Mediterranean Union’, held on 16-18 April 2008 at the École Militaire, Paris.

This paper resumes the main issues considered before the Union Medi­terranean project was developed in spring 2007 during the French Presidential campaign. It serves to explain the approach followed by GRUM to security aspects of the project.