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    • Hybrid Threats
    • Women, Peace and Security
    22 January 2026

    Gender and Cybersecurity 101
    Four factsheets to highlight the importance of gendered cybersecurity in civilian crisis management.
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    • Civilian CSDP Compact
    • Civilian CSDP Missions
    • Hybrid Threats
    • Security Strategy
    01 December 2025

    The European Union’s crisis management efforts: Evolution amid a shifting international order and the war in Ukraine
    This briefing paper by the Finnish Institute of International Affairs looks at the evolution of EU CSDP and finds that as capabilities and instruments have grown in number and versatility, the political focus of CSDP has narrowed from conflict prevention and democracy building to capability support for security agencies of partner states.
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    • Hybrid Threats
    • Security Strategy
    01 May 2025

    The Staying Power of Ukrainian Lights: Lessons of Wartime Resilience of the Electricity Sector
    This report examines how Ukraine has strengthened its wartime energy resilience through the dimensions of protection and recovery, cybersecurity, and strategic communication. It provides valuable lessons to how to address hybrid warfare, relevant to a variety of other civilian CSDP theatres.
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    • Civilian CSDP Missions
    • CSDP Partnerships, Partner Countries and Third States
    • Hybrid Threats
    01 April 2025

    Strengthening Resilience in the East – How the EU can empower countries against foreign interference
    The Eastern neighbourhood of the EU has become a primary target for Russian foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI), particularly in the EU candidate countries of Georgia and Moldova. A new publication highlights the EU Partnership Mission in Moldova (EUPM Moldova) as an effective model for EU mission planners for designing flexible-mandate missions that can build resilience in host countries against hybrid threats.
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    • Hybrid Threats
    • Strategic Communication
    01 April 2025

    Shifting Alliances in West Africa – Measuring Russian engagement to support counter-FIMI strategies
    This brief analyses data on the use of foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI) by Russia to build public support for their military involvement and political leadership in West Africa. Russian FIMI has been particularly effective in the Sahel region, and combatting these threats it is crucial for the sustainability of CSDP in the region.
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    • Hybrid Threats
    01 April 2025

    Getting the Information Threat Right
    This brief by EUISS examines the 2024 media environments of Georgia and Serbia in the context of information threats to the EU's relations and strategic objectives and proposes a three-pronged framework for analysis of the information space.
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    • Civilian CSDP Missions
    • Hybrid Threats
    • Peace and Conflict Analysis
    • Security Strategy
    10 November 2024

    Towards a more strategic civilian CSDP: Strengthening EU Civilian Crisis Management in a new era of geopolitics and risk
    This policy paper from SIPRI discusses the shift in civilian CSDP towards the Eastern Neighbourhood in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. It synthesises three strategic priorities to give civilian CSDP stronger political control and strategic direction, and to address key enablers such as capabilities, decision-making, and budget.
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    • Hybrid Threats
    01 November 2024

    The Use of Russian Proxy Actors in the Media Environment in Ukraine
    This NATO report examines the structure, development, and messaging of Russian proxy media in Ukraine before and after the full-scale invasion in 2022. The thorough information on Russian information strategy is an important tool for EU actors countering Russian disinformation in Ukraine and elsewhere.
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    • Civilian CSDP Missions
    • Hybrid Threats
    • Peace and Conflict Analysis
    • Security Strategy
    01 May 2024

    European Defence - The Future of EU Missions
    This policy brief by the Clingendael Institute frames the changing status quo of EU CSDP in the context of ongoing security crises. The authors discuss how the war in Ukraine, the series of coups d'état in the Sahel, and spillover from the Israel-Hamas war are affecting CSDP and recommend policy changes for CSDP policy and missions moving forward.
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    • Hybrid Threats
    01 January 2024

    3rd EEAS Report on Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference Threats Exposing the architecture of FIMI operations
    The report presents the FIMI Exposure Matrix, a newly developed framework for analysis of FIMI attacks. Highlighting cases in Moldova and multiple African countries, the Matrix maps channels used by hostile state actors and provides behavioural and technical indicators for tracking attacks.
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