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 […]
European defence / NATO
Publications
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 […]
Military capabilities: from pooling & sharing to a permanent and structured approach
In 2013 the European Council for the first time since long will deal with European defence. An excellent opportunity: to move key Pooling & Sharing projects to the implementation stage […]
CSDP and NATO post-Libya: towards the rubicon?
In the wake of Libya and the American pivot to Asia, CSDP-NATO relations must be recalibrated. The buzz word for CSDP should be: integrated through the EU and empowered through […]
External publications
Smart pooling for shared defence
The aim of the Ghent Initiative, or pooling and sharing, is to do more with less. in European Defence Matters (EDA), Issue 1, 21 May 2012, pp. 48-50. (Photo credit: […]