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Sphère ie - Renseignement, Défense, Technologie, Terrorism Integrated Surveillance of Crowded Areas for Public Security (IS Security research and development - Enterprise and Industry The Policy and research in security programme’s primary goal is to protect Europe’s citizens and society from harm, while enabling its economy to recover from man-made or natural disasters. EU-funded security research projects are developing a wide swath of public-sector capabilities. For example, there are projects to integrate area-wide situational awareness and alert capabilities so that civil security end-users and first responders can work together interoperably within and across Europe’s regions. More Security Research also has a clear economic dimension. All these activities are based on regular stakeholders' consultations with government, civil society and industry via workshops, conferences and advisory groups. For the latest news about the EU’s security research projects, related events and industrial policy developments, go to: Security Shop Talk. Less

Armees.Com Guerre ou paix - Blog LeMonde.fr Canadian International Council Almanac of Policy Issues: World - Foreign Affairs and National S American foreign policy, shaped for decades by an ongoing Cold War with the former Soviet Union, is today still adjusting to post-Cold War realities. The dangerous, but relatively simple, bipolar world of two competing nuclear superpowers has dissolved into a unipolar or multipolar world, depending upon one's view of U.S. dominance of the international arena. U.S. foreign and national security policy has shifted from containing Soviet communism to addressing conflicts in smaller, but still dangerous, hotspots throughout the world. Often in conjunction with international bodies like the United Nations or NATO, much of American foreign policy now focuses on peacekeeping efforts in places like the Kosovo, Iraq, or Afghanistan. Debates over many foreign policy and national security issues continue to be drawn along traditional left-right lines. American foreign policy, of course, encompasses much more than matters of war and peace. Sponsored Listings