Read more about the article Enhancing European Crisis Response: From EU Battlegroups to the EU Rapid Deployment Capacity
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Enhancing European Crisis Response: From EU Battlegroups to the EU Rapid Deployment Capacity

The European Union's Strategic Compass, adopted in March 2022, envisioned the creation of a Rapid Deployment Capacity (RDC) intended to reach full operability by 2025. Despite its innovative capacity, this project is not the first attempt made by the European Union to develop a common rapid response force. Comparing the RDC initiative to the Battlegroups’ almost twenty-year experience, this article examines the obstacles that prevented the deployment of Battlegroups and explores what similar and new hurdles the RDC will have to overcome to enable Member States to react collectively to future security challenges. It finds that only by building upon lessons learned from the past could the EU Member States establish an effective operational tool to engage rapidly in autonomous military operations.

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27 November 2024
Read more about the article Belgium to Provide NATO Reinforcements and First Multinational Ammo Warehouse Opens up in Estonia
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Belgium to Provide NATO Reinforcements and First Multinational Ammo Warehouse Opens up in Estonia

Recently, NATO has decided to reinforce its eastern flank. In addition to the four battlegroups already stationed in Poland and the Baltic States, four new battlegroups are now being added. The four new NATO battlegroups will be stationed in Romania, Bulgaria, Slovakia and Hungary. With these additional reinforcements, roughly 25,000 NATO soldiers will be present in Eastern Europe. The countries themselves provide about 290,000 soldiers. On land, the reinforcements serve mainly as deterrence for Russia, to show the Russians that invading any of these countries will have massive consequences.

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13 April 2022
Read more about the article Member States Advocate for the Relaunching of the Undeployed EU Battlegroups
European Battle Group Excercise, Franklin Moore, 20 February, 2014 (Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:European_Battle_Group_Excercise_140220-A-OO646-258.jpg)
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Member States Advocate for the Relaunching of the Undeployed EU Battlegroups

After more than 20 years since EU member states first discussed the idea of a quick response military instrument, EU Battlegroups are again regaining visibility due to the current institutional efforts to move forward in security and defence.

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4 June 2021