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By Jorge Benitez, NATOSource, April 29, 2013From Thomas Enders and Wolfgang Ischinger, Munich Security Conference: Demands are growing – as the recent crises in Mali and Libya illustrate – even as defence budgets steadily decline. . . .
In light of this situation, Europe – especially Germany, France, and Great Britain – should reach agreement on three aspects of joint defence:
1. The strategic objective.
2. The extent of shared sovereignty.
3. The design of the market… (more)
(A longer, German version of this article appeared in the German newspaper Handelsblatt [translated here] on April 26, 2013.)
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