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In a complex security environment, reliable information matters more than ever. Council Library guides curate trusted resources on Europe’s key defence and security issues.

Professor of International Politics at the Bundeswehr University in Munich, Carlo Masala, considers not only what would happen if Putin prevailed, but also how that could plausibly occur. 

Iran has once again come to the forefront of international attention, as recent protests and the sharp escalation of events have added new urgency to discussions. To help make sense of a fast-moving situation, the Council Library has compiled a library guide of relevant and authoritative resources that place current developments and the EU’s response within the wider EU-Iran context.

Dans son ouvrage "La guerre des mots. Trump, Poutine et l'Europe", la philologue et membre de l’Académie française Barbara Cassin analyse comment Donald Trump et Vladimir Poutine utilisent le langage comme une arme politique pour manipuler le réel et réécrire l'histoire, dit elle, en créant leur propre "novlangue". Elle décrypte leur rhétorique, caractérisée par la suppression de mots et la déformation du sens, comme un outil pour imposer leur vision du monde.

A l'ère de Trump, Poutine et Xi, ce livre analyse les enjeux de l'intelligence artificielle (IA) sur le plan géopolitique. Le techno-césarisme, l'évolution de l'ordre international depuis 1945, le renversement de l'ordre établi par des élites contre-révolutionnaires ainsi que les retombées de ce dernier pour l'Europe y sont explorés.

To help readers navigate the dynamic and complex landscape of the Cyprus presidency of the Council of the European Union, the Council Library has compiled a guide providing relevant and authoritative resources. 

Des historiens, des politistes et des collaborateurs de Jacques Delors se sont penchés sur sa vie politique, que ce soit au niveau national français ou en tant que président de la Commission européenne. Le livre présente le parcours d'un homme politique autodidacte qui inclut des moments peu connus, tels que son passage à l'ENA ou son mandat de député au Parlement européen. Le livre contient également une liste exhaustive des publications de cet auteur prolifique, datant de 1956 à 2022.

To help readers navigate the dynamic and complex landscape of the Danish presidency of the Council of the European Union, the Council Library has compiled a guide providing relevant and authoritative resources. 

Marking 40 years since the Schengen Agreement, our library guide offers key resources on its history and impact. Explore how this milestone shaped Europe’s borderless future!

Le livre « L’Europe et ses défis: L’émergence d’une puissance continentale » procède à une analyse détaillée du continent européen, de l’histoire de l’Union européenne et des principaux défis auxquels elle est confrontée aujourd’hui.

An interesting book for anyone curious about the workings of the European Council, how those involved describe it, and the elusive notion of ‘leadership’. Based on a wealth of interviews with direct witnesses and participants, it opens a window onto the crises of the recent past and the behaviour of some members of the European Council.

On 28 April, the Council Library hosted a lunchtime conversation with policy makers and academic experts exploring pressing questions about the evolving role of the Council presidency. The event featured contributors to the recent publication, ‘EU Council Presidencies in Times of Crisis’ (Palgrave, 2024).

As we strive for a safer, fairer, and more gender-equal world, International Women's Day on 8 March  serves as a timely reminder to keep gender equality at the heart of the global conversation. With this in mind, the Council Library has compiled a library guide of relevant resources. 

To help readers navigate the dynamic and complex landscape of the Polish presidency of the Council of the European Union, the Council Library has compiled a guide providing relevant and authoritative resources. 

The European Council, originally established as a summit forum for the leaders of the European Communities, has since evolved into one of the European Union’s most crucial institutions.

On 9 and 10 December 1974 the nine leaders of the European Communities met for a summit in Paris. This would come to be seen as the founding moment of the European Council. To mark its 50th anniversary, the Council’s archives invite you to explore this significant event through their documents.

To mark the 50th anniversary of the European Council, the General Secretariat of the Council looks back on its key achievements and the developments and key moments in its history.

In marking this occasion, the Council Library has a role to play as a treasure hunter. Over the years, the Council Library has built up a valuable repository, the Council Bibliographies Collection.

Are we facing an epochal change, in which centres of power and influence multiply outside of the West’s reach? Is the West really in a state of peril? Amid so many near-apocalyptic accounts of a shifting balance of power, Samir Puri’s analysis in Westlessness: the great global rebalancing provides a sober and even optimistic counterpoint.

Over the years the EU has established a strong relationship with the UN. Cooperation takes place on a broad range of areas covered by the different UN bodies and organisations. To help readers gain a deeper understanding of this relationship, the Council Library has compiled a library guide containing a wide variety of useful resources.

To help readers navigate the dynamic and complex landscape of the Hungarian presidency of the Council of the European Union, the Council Library has compiled a guide providing relevant and authoritative resources. 

Twenty years ago, the EU welcomed ten new member states. To celebrate the anniversary of the ‘big bang’ enlargement, the Council Library created a library guide with a selection of resources on the 2004 enlargement process.