Foreign and Security, Defense and Cybersecurity | The PC3 Newsletter #1/2024

Dear fellow PC3 members,
Dear FC members
Here is a newsletter covering the pressing contemporary foreign and security issues. As you are aware, the situation in the Middle East has become increasingly alarming in recent hours. Similarly, the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war is escalating, intensifying discussions around the current military developments and their various political implications, including the need to support Ukraine's efforts.

I have enclosed some useful references to assist in preparing for our further reflections.

Kind regards,
Carlo Maria Palermo
Chairperson, PC3 Foreign and Security Policy, Cybersecurity

The War in the Middle East

The War on Gaza, the fifth between Israel and Hamas, started a period of instability in the Middle Eastern region. The conflict, enduring in Gaza, with its well-known effects, has been expanded in southern Lebanon where the IDF are conducting wide operations against the Hezbollah militias.
The 1^st of October, the situation became even more alarming: the Iranian leadership decided on a military response sending two waves of ballistic missiles to Israel, targeting military and civilian objectives.

Israeli campaign in southern Lebanon and Iranian response
By the Institute of War

Iran launches ballistic missile attack against Israel (01.10.24)
By Eric Bazail-Eimil and Paul McLeary       

Israel sends troops into Lebanon — but its real target is Iran (30.09.24)
By Jamie Dettmer

Israel-Hezbollah conflict close to ‘full-fledged war,’ says EU top diplomat
By Csongor Körömi

The Gaza war: a new cleavage for Europe
By Claudia De Martino and Ruth Hanau Santini

The War in Ukraine

The enduring conflict in Ukraine seems to explore new directions. The Ukrainian occupation on Russian soil (Kursk region) and the claimed territorial gains in Ukrainian east by Russian troops dominated the headlines in recent times.

The situation on the field
by Institute of War

Red lines (blow away): Ukraine’s incursion into Russia
By Leo Litra and Lesia Ogryzko

How Much U.S. Aid Is Going to Ukraine?
By Jonathan Masters and Will Merrow


EU, G7 discuss supporting Ukraine’s energy, military needs before winter
By Alexandra Brzozowski

Institutional documents

The Draghi Report and Foreign Policy
The Draghi report constitutes a reflection point for European integration and a remarkable turnpike for European foreign and security policy.

UEF PR on the Draghi Report

Scramble for Washington / Towards the Presidential elections

The United States Presidential elections represent an historical challenge for world-wide politics and Europe. The attitude towards the European integration process and strengthening of European defense will define the inner meaning of transatlantic cooperation in the future as well as the physiognomy of the American international posture.
 
The US elections: what choices for Europe?
By Giuseppe Spadafora

America’s Crisis of Deterrence, How to Adapt an Old Theory to New Realities
By Carter Malkasian
 
The US divide on foreign policy
By Ivo Daalder