The European Union: Institute for Security Studies

The European Union Institute for Security Studies (EU-ISS) (http://www.iss-eu.org/) was created by a Council Joint Action on 20 July 2001. It has the status of an autonomous agency that comes under the EU's second 'pillar' — the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP).

Having an autonomous status and intellectual freedom, the EU-ISS does not represent or defend any particular national interest. Its aim is to help create a common European security culture, to enrich the strategic debate, and systematically to promote the interests of the Union.

The EU-ISS contributes to the development of the CFSP by performing three functions:

• research and debate on the major security and defence issues that are of relevance to the EU
• forward-looking analysis for the Union's Council and High Representative
• development of a transatlantic dialogue on all security issues with the countries of Europe, Canada and the United States.

The EU-ISS produces three kinds of publications.

Additional European Union Institute for Security Studies materials: Working Papers

 

Books

Title: EU Security and Defence Policy: The first five years (1999-2004)
Editor: Nicole Gnesotto
Date: August 2004

Title: European defence: A proposal for a White Paper: Report of an independent Task Force
Editor: Nicole Gnesotto
Date: May 2004

Title: Shift or Rift: Assessing US-EU relationships after Iraq
Date: November 2003