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Good morning.
Welcome to all. And thank you for allowing me to open the annual conference of the EU Institute for Security Studies.
For more than 20 years, the Institute has played a crucial role – acting as a bridge between the world of ideas and the world of policy making. It needs to continue doing so, getting closer to the policy-making scene.
The annual conference of the Institute is a key moment on the calendar: when Europe’s strategic community comes together.
To assess the main security trends and threats we face. It is a chance to lift our eyes from constant crisis management and the ‘tyranny of the present’.
My day-to-day live reflects the ‘age of perma-crisis’:
This weekend’s dramatic events in Russia; the war against Ukraine; Serbia-Kosovo, the Sahel etc.
On top, we have the re-calibration of our China strategy, the Summit with Latin…
