This leaflet, produced for the occasion of the EUISS annual conference 2014, goes back to basics on the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP).

Infographics and illustrations, as well as a glossary of terms and relevant actors, present facts and figures about European security – in an easily accessible manner.

With the aim of reaching a broad range of those interested in how the Union operates in this field, printed versions will be made widely available across the EU, and EU Delegations worldwide. 

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Le Yearbook of European Security (YES) 2014 de l’EUISS est un recueil de documents et données clés liés à la Politique étrangère et de sécurité commune (PESC) et à la Politique européenne de sécurité et de défense (PESD) pour l’année 2013. Cette nouvelle édition de la publication annuelle de l’Institut contient aussi des chapitres sur l’évolution des dépenses de défense à travers l’Europe. Cartes, graphiques et tableaux ajoutent à l’attrait visuel de l’ensemble et apportent un éclairage sur certains enjeux importants de l’action extérieure de l’Union européenne.

YES est un outil destiné à informer experts, universitaires et professionnels, et plus généralement ceux qui souhaitent en savoir plus sur l’Union européenne et les questions de sécurité, en fournissant des analyses originales utilisant des données empiriques et présentant un ensemble de faits et chiffres essentiels.

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This second edition of the Yearbook of European Security (YES) intends to build on the experience of last year while enriching the contents by including a more comprehensive survey of the EU ‘toolbox’ as well as a more targeted analysis of European defence spending. This year’s ‘mapping’ exercise is devoted to identifying and assessing the changes and developments that have occurred in three ‘signature’ countries of the so-called ‘Arab Spring’. And, finally, YES 2014 also includes a summary report of the Institute’s own activities over the past year.

YES is an indispensable publication that aims to inform experts, academics, practitioners and, more generally, all those wishing to know more about the EU and security-related matters through innovative, evidence-based analysis and the display of crucial facts and figures.

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Since its inception and over the years, the EUISS has come to be appreciated for providing both practitioners and academics at all levels with regular yearly collections of official documents concerning, in particular, the early development and implementation of the Union’s European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP). Those ‘Core documents’ (vols. I-XI) soon became part and parcel of the toolbox of the still fledgling EU ‘security community’.

This Yearbook of European Security (YES) intends to build on that tradition while offering its readers a richer menu of food for thought. Alongside a collection of relevant documents, the Yearbook includes a chronology of pertinent facts and a selection of relevant figures that, taken together, are intended to present a more comprehensive picture of what the EU has done (and how) in the security policy domain over the previous year – or years, as YES 2013 exceptionally covers both 2011 and 2012, with a view to completing the annual series launched as far back as 2001.

Furthermore, the Yearbook will offer mental maps, so to speak. This year’s map will cover the way in which (and the extent to which) governments across the world have developed ‘strategic’ thinking, i.e. functions, activities and even permanent centres devoted to analysing long-term trends at the global level and their policy implications. A broad historical overview is complemented by a few case studies, a broad typology of models of foresight conducted in various countries, and some tentative conclusions.

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