Security Architectures in the EU

Tag: Military

  • EU Commission proposal: With firearms, drones, GPS tracking into neighbouring countries

    EU Commission proposal: With firearms, drones, GPS tracking into neighbouring countries

    According to plans of the EU interior ministers, the Schengen states could soon exercise sovereign powers outside their national borders. This would go far beyond existing agreements. Are French authorities allowed to bug the car of an environmental activist and…

  • First type certificate: Israeli drone may fly domestic missions in future

    First type certificate: Israeli drone may fly domestic missions in future

    Arms manufacturers want to market their long-range drones for interior ministries or agriculture, but to do so they must fly over populated areas. Market leaders are working feverishly to obtain the necessary permits. For the first time, the Israeli Civil…

  • Strategic Compass: EU to get new secret service centre

    Strategic Compass: EU to get new secret service centre

    The two EU secret service situation centres could soon be merged into a single institution. Their surveillance capacities are currently being expanded. Operational competences are also under discussion. The European Commission wants to take the cooperation of intelligence services within…

  • European Cyber Exercise: Digital Attacks from “Blue Land”

    European Cyber Exercise: Digital Attacks from “Blue Land”

    For five weeks, EU member states will simulate attacks on their critical infrastructures. For the first time, the threshold of an armed attack will be surpassed. The rehearsal includes the provision of assistance in accordance with EU treaties, and the…

  • War in Ethiopia: Armed drones could be again a gamechanger

    War in Ethiopia: Armed drones could be again a gamechanger

    In a surprise move, the Ethiopian military was able to stop the advance of attacking Tigray rebels on the capital, according to international media reports, with the help of armed drones. Allegedly “Bayraktar TB2” ordered in Turkey have not been…

  • Unrestrained killer robots in Geneva

    Unrestrained killer robots in Geneva

    A UN convention on lethal autonomous weapons systems is not in sight For more than seven years, several dozen states have been discussing a possible ban on autonomous killer robots at the United Nations (UN). So far, the talks have…