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Formed | 13 November 1989[1] (as the Western European Union Institute for Security Studies) 20 July 2001 (as an EU agency) |
Jurisdiction | European Union |
Headquarters | Paris, France |
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Website | iss.europa.eu |
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The European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS) is a Paris-based agency of the European Union (EU) within the realm of Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP). The EUISS is an autonomous agency with full intellectual freedom and researches security issues of relevance for the EU and provides a forum for debate. In its capacity as an EU agency, it also offers analyses and forecasting to the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell.