The independent magazine for European security and defence policy ‘The European Security & Defence Union’ dedicates its latest edition to the EU CBRN Centres of Excellence initiative. The quarterly publication spotlights the EU CBRN CoE as the initiative gains momentum and reflects current concerns in view of the geopolitical situation.
“This initiative to combat CBRN risks and threats has evolved into a truly global network of cooperation, as experience and good practices are shared within and between different regions, and successful actions are adapted and replicated in different places.”
Hartmut Bühl, Editor-in-Chief, and Nannette Cazaubon, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, of The European Security & Defence Union
The European Security & Defence Union brings an insightful volume packed with articles and interviews on different EU-implemented CBRN risk mitigation initiatives, “an issue which is so crucial to collective peace and security”, highlight the magazine’s editors.
The EU CBRN CoE takes centre stage with news features about the EU’s unique approach to tackling CBRN threats through the initiative, the CoE network’s matured spirit of cooperation, or its human-centered approach for enhancing security and saving lives, among others*.
The independent magazine for European security and defence policy ‘The European Security & Defence Union’ dedicates its latest edition to the EU CBRN Centres of Excellence initiative. The quarterly publication spotlights the EU CBRN CoE as the initiative gains momentum and reflects current concerns in view of the geopolitical situation. The EU CBRN CoE takes centre stage in this issue with news features about the EU’s unique approach to tackling CBRN threats through the initiative, the CoE network’s matured spirit of cooperation, or its human-centered approach for enhancing security and saving lives, among others.
*Complete index of the news items about the EU CBRN CoE initiative published on The European Security & Defence Union vol. no. 44:
- The EU’s unique approach to tackling CBRN threats, with the support of the UN. Effective CBRN risk mitigation
- The EU CBRN Centres of Excellence Initiative gains maturity. The spirit of cooperation
- The EU’s CBRN Centres of Excellence policy is a human act. International efforts for saving lives
- An onsite observation in Lebanon. International solidarity against terrorism
- The implementation of an innovative idea. Start of the first African CBRN Master’s programme
Details
- Publication date
- 14 November 2022
- 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