
‘The European - Security & Defence Union’ magazine spotlights the EU CBRN Centres of Excellence (CoE) initiative in its latest issue (vol. 48), dedicated to geopolitics in a world in turmoil. The quarterly publication offers an insightful conference report of the EU CBRN CoE 9th National Focal Points International Meeting, the annual high-level event gathering the CoE network and partners to strengthening international knowledge-sharing and collaboration on CBRN risk mitigation.
The ‘Spotlight’ feature shares the impressions of the magazine’s Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Nannette Cazaubon, as familiar attendee to the meeting, which this year brought together over 150 participants from the CoE Partner Countries, EU institutions and Member States, United States, Canada, and various United Nation’s offices and programmes.
The independent magazine for European security and defence policy highlights the “exciting new shape” of event’s 2023 edition, presenting a conference programme filled with “highly interesting” thematic sessions and networking opportunities in the field of CBRN risk mitigation. According to the magazine, this year’s edition showed a clear shift to closer inter-regional cooperation across the eight regions participating in the EU CBRN CoE initiative.
“The 2023 National Focal Points meeting made clear that the 64 partner countries (…) are ready to put in the energy necessary to push regional and inter-regional cooperation ahead in CBRN risk mitigation – to make the world safer.”
Nannette Cazaubon Deputy Editor-in-Chief, The European - Security & Defence Union magazine
‘The European - Security and Defence Union, vol.48/3-2023’ focuses on geopolitics and maritime security, as well as on the challenges Europe is facing in times of global power struggles. Download the full issue below to discover more about this burning topic, and to read the full Conference Report of the EU CBRN CoE 9th National Focal Points International Meeting.

‘The European Security & Defence Union’ magazine spotlights the EU CBRN Centres of Excellence (CoE) initiative in its vol. 48, dedicated to geopolitics in a world in turmoil. The publication offers an insightful conference report of the EU CBRN CoE 9th National Focal Points International Meeting, the annual high-level event gathering the CoE network and partners to strengthening international knowledge-sharing and collaboration on CBRN risk mitigation. The magazine highlights the CoE network’s readiness to push regional and inter-regional cooperation ahead in CBRN risk mitigation to make the world safer.
Details
- Publication date
- 28 September 2023
- Authors
- Service for Foreign Policy Instruments | Joint Research Centre
- CBRN areas
- Bio-safety/bio-security
- Border control and monitoring
- Crisis management
- Denying support for misuse and terrorism
- First response
- Illicit trafficking
- Import/export control
- Investigation and prosecution
- Legal framework
- Post incident recovery
- Protection of material/facilities
- Public and infrastructure protection
- Public health impact mitigation
- Safeguarding information diffusion
- Safety and security
- Transit and trans-shipment control
- Waste management
- CBRN categories
- Chemical
- Biological
- Radiological
- Nuclear