About us and our magazine

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Roßlau, Arno Manfred A comprehensive approach for the digitalisation of military medical services ESDU N° Page

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Salami, Mohamed The African CBRNe Masters – a high level training course Interview with Nannette Cazaubon 34 42

Schott, Cyrill / Bühl, Hartmut - 10 points for a Franco-German partnership Schott, Cyrill - The effectiveness of a state depends on the confidence generated by its leaders - Security and defence, both interdependent sides of the same coin 35

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Jiří Šedivý Defence capability development in times of ongoing crisis 36 36 Simonart, Tristan - The EU CBRN Centres of Excellence – 10 years of cooperation - A mobile lab offensive for Africa 35 36 10 42

Singh, Michael Presidential elections in the United States 37 12

Sorge, Helmut Power play in the Middle East Interview with Hartmut Bühl 34 28 Author/ Title

Stoof, Fred Cutting-edge technologies for the security of armoured civil vehicles 37 42

Suissa, Rachel Worldwide geopolitical changes and the role of Europe 34 32 Tokuchi, Hideshi - EU-Japan Maritime Security Cooperation in East Asia 34 35 - Maintaining the rules-based international order in the age of the US-China rivalry 37 23 Unger, Christoph The preparation to counter the next pandemic in ongoing 36 44 Vautmans, Hilde Is the EU’s foreign policy prepared for the consequences of 34 16 Brexit? ESDU N° Page

Vigilant, Jean-Marc A European war college, an opportunity for European defence? 37 33

Viola, Roberto Digital health is a win-win situation for all Watson, Graham The United Kingdom after Brexit 36 19

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Zorn, Eberhard European Security and Defence – an operational perspective 37 38

Our politically independent quarterly magazine The European – Security and Defence Union was launched in 2008 and has become a broad platform for discussion on European and international geopolitics, security and defence issues, as well as on global topics such as migration and refugee policy, climate change and energy, digitalisation, data protection and cyber security… The publication is circulated worldwide but especially in Europe. It is largely distributed to selected personalities of the European Parliament, the EU Commission and other EU institutions, NATO HQs as well as the 27 national parliaments of EU member states, universities, think tanks and armed forces. It is supplied to governments worldwide through their embassies in Berlin. The distribution of the magazine currently comprises 2000 hard copies and a broad digital reach.

Furthermore, each edition is available to read and download on our website: www.magazine-the-european.com. We are also present on Twitter: @esdu_news To subscribe to our hard copies, please see our website.

Next editions of the magazine:

2-2021 N° 39 (15th July 2021) - Migration policy – what sort of borders do we need? - Arms control 3-2021 N° 40 (15th October 2021) - Transatlantic relations and defending our values - Countering military and civil threats

OUR EDITORIAL TEAM: Publisher and Editor-in-Chief: Hartmut Bühl, Berchères-sur-Vesgre (FR) Deputy Editor-in-Chief: Nannette Cazaubon, Paris (FR) Editorial Assistant: Céline Merz, Linz a. Rhein (GE) Translator: Miriam Newman-Tancredi, Strasbourg/London (FR/UK) Layout: Beate Dach, Berlin (GE)

Awards:

In 2011, the magazine received the first CIDAN European Award for Citizenship, Security and Defence under the patronage of the President of the European Council.

In 2019, the editorial team of the magazine was awarded with the CIDAN Jury Special Prize for outstanding journalism, enabling European citizens to better understand the European Union. On this occasion, the team also received a medal from the French President Emmanuel Macron.

The editorial team at the CIDAN award ceremony in Berlin, 26.11.2019

photo: @ Marie Beeser