Jacques Fradin, Head of the Division for ‘Integrated Strategic Planning for the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) and Stabilisation’ at the European External Action Service (EEAS), said on Tuesday 8 October that the coordinated maritime presence that the EU is currently setting up (see EUROPE B12316A1) will help to increase its influence.
Contending that the maritime domain is “the epicentre of acute global geostrategic competition”, Mr Fradin argued that this new concept...