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European security assistance: the search for stability in the Sahel

The new EU budget poses an opportunity to mitigate the destabilising impacts of COVID-19

COVID-19 will have devastating impacts in fragile states. Negotiations for the EU's revised long-term budget present an opportunity to invest in a prevention response to the instability caused by the pandemic, argue Lucia Montanaro and Tuuli Räty.

EU's new €10bn 'peace facility' risks fuelling conflict

As European ambassadors discuss plans to set up a European Peace Facility (EPF) to provide up to €10.5bn for EU military operations and security assistance, Lucia Montanaro and Tuuli Räty outline what this could mean for peace.

Time for a new, sustainable European approach to migration

As European Union leaders take up their new posts, Bénédicte Goderiaux and Lucia Montanaro argue that they have an opportunity to put the core values of the EU – peace, sustainable development and human rights – back at the heart of its migration policy.

Panic is not the answer to the EU’s security and defence challenges

The European Union must choose between contaminating the Common Security and Defence Policy with panic over security and migration, and reaffirming the EU’s core values as a global actor for peace and development.