Recalibrating CSDP-NATO relations: the real pivot
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 […]
European defence / NATO
Publications
And what will Europe do? The European Council and military strategy
Important decisions on Europe’s military capabilities are expected from the December 2013 European Council. But why? What do Europeans actually want to do with their capabilities? The answer to that […]
Defense: and what will Europe do?
The debate about European defense tends to focus on the need to spend more and deploy more. One deceptively simple question is usually ignored: why? Americans seem to assume that […]
The Future of the Benelux Defence Cooperation
Report of the seminar on Benelux Defence Cooperation, May 2013. This report is based on input for a seminar on Benelux Defence Cooperation which took place on 9 April 2013 […]
Safeguarding the EDTIB: the case for supervising non-EU FDI in the defence sector
It is time for the EU member states to start collectively supervising non-EU FDI in Europe’s defence industries and infrastructures. This should be a prudent element of the nascent EDTIB […]
External publications
The UK and European Defence: leading or leaving?
The UK, with France, initiated the European, today Common, Security and Defence Policy (ESDP/CSDP) in 1998–9. A strong consensus on the need to address capability shortfalls, which the UK accepted […]