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Transatlantic Dialogue on China
As the growing economic and political influence of China continues to impact the global community, the Europe Program, in conjunction with the CSIS Freeman Chair in China Studies, and as part of the Initiative for a Renewed Transatlantic Partnership, seeks to assess the differences in U.S. and European approaches to a rising China. With a special focus on U.S. and EU perceptions of China as an economic and regional and international security player, the project also examines the avenues towards coordinating transatlantic approaches toward China’s changing role on the global stage. Following a series of meetings in 2006 and 2007, the project will produce a paper with specific policy recommendations in mid-2007.
TRANSATLANTIC DIALOGUE ON TERRORISM
The Transatlantic Dialogue on Terrorism (TDT) was launched in 2003 by the International Security Program and the Europe Program to promote an open and timely discourse between counterterrorism experts from across the United States and Europe. The transatlantic community’s experience with global terrorism since September 11, 2001 has presented complex and novel security challenges and new requirements for international cooperation.
Trusted Partners: Sharing Technology within the U.S.-UK Security Relationship
As partners in the global war on terror and staunch partners in the war in Iraq, the U.S. and the UK share a "special relationship." Nonetheless, divergences continue to mark the
Anglo-American security relationship. The Europe Program, in collaboration with Pierre Chao, senior associate with the Defense Industrials Initiatives Group at CSIS, and the Initiative for a Renewed Transatlantic Partnership, hopes to examine these divergences, with a special focus on the obstacles to sharing sensitive defense technologies. The project will hold a series of meetings and working groups with experts in Washington, DC, and London, culminating in the release of a final paper proposing the creation of “trusted communities” to aid in the transfer of sensitive technologies within the U.S.-UK relationship.
As a prelude to the final product, a benchmarking paper, co-authored by Robin Niblett and Pierre Chao was released on May 26, 2006. Download the paper here.
European Defense Integration Project
In 2003, the Center for Strategic and International Studies undertook a study of the current and projected shortfalls in Europe’s military capabilities through the European Defense Integration Project. Under the auspices of co-chairs Generals Klaus Naumann and Joseph Ralston, the study examined means through which Europe could meaningfully improve its collective defense capabilities, at a time of stagnant or shrinking national defense budgets throughout the continent.
The study culminated in the launch of the European Defense Integration (EDI) report in October 2005, in both Washington, D.C. and in Brussels. The report put forth specific recommendations for individual European capitals, the European Union, and NATO to better integrate and coordinate defense efforts. Since its release, the report has been widely hailed as a path breaking contribution to the debate on European military capabilities. |
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