The European Council and defence: the state of our ambition
Does Europe still have an ambition in defence beyond that of its academics, i.e. to write papers about it? When the President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, put […]
European defence / NATO
Publications
External publications
A bipolar alliance for a multipolar world
This volume brings together leading scholars from both sides of the Atlantic to examine the significance of 9/11 for the transformation of the Atlantic Alliance over the last decade. Blending […]
State of defence in Europe: state of emergency?
When a doctor calls for a thorough examination of the state of a patient’s health, he hopes that everything will turn out to be alright, but it really means that […]
Mehr Verantwortung in der Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik. Wie sich GSVP und NATO besser ergänzen können
in DGAPanalyse 10, Oktober 2013. (Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)
More competitive, more efficient? The 2013 European Commission defence communication
The European Commission has now released its 2013 Communication on defence-industrial policy. But does the latest set of policy ideas offer European defence-industrial cooperation any new impetus? This Brief argues […]
Commentaries
Coelmont & De Langlois: Recalibrating CSDP-NATO relations. A strategic pivot in the making?
In an age of major power shifts, which we know from history always to be particularly dangerous, different scenarios are possible; the only promising one is that of more and […]