The transatlantic trade deal and European defence
The European Union and the United States are on the verge of agreeing to a transatlantic free trade agreement. The proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is aimed at boosting...
View ArticlePeace without war and war without Americans?
Peace without money and war without Americans: those are the two main challenges for European strategists that I outline in an article published in the latest issue of International Affairs, the...
View ArticleInterview with Margarita Šešelgytė
Over the past year, the editors of European Geostrategy have been undertaking a number of interviews with various individuals who are involved in thinking about European foreign, security and military...
View ArticleThe Central European playground: a rebuttal
In deliberative democracy, the rationale for debate is premised on the possibility of change. So it is with great enthusiasm that we read the response to our initial Long Post. The exchange of this...
View ArticleWhat future for European land power?
In the run-up to the upcoming European Council meeting on defence, a debate is unfolding over the European Union’s military rapid response capacity. This should not cause great surprise, as the...
View ArticleInterview with Robert Johnson (Part 2)
Over the past few months the editors of European Geostrategy have been undertaking a number of interviews with various individuals who are involved in thinking about European foreign, security and...
View ArticleGermany risks overplaying its hand
The lingering euro debt crisis has underscored the two main stories of the moment in Europe: Berlin’s move into the driving seat of European integration, and the widespread uneasiness in other European...
View ArticleMilitary power: what will Europe do?
The debate about European military power 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 more European...
View ArticleA playground in Central Europe?
Today, European Geostrategy publishes the sixth in its series of ‘Long Posts’, which is by Xymena Kurowska, of the Central European University, Budapest, and Bence Németh, of the Hungarian Ministry of...
View ArticleEuropean armaments in the French White Paper
Careful reading of the 2013 French White Paper on Defence reveals that France is gradually altering its stance on the European Union’s Common Security and Defence Policy. In 2008 France was ‘ambitious’...
View ArticleFrench Defence White Paper: national interests
A key component of the 2013 French Defence White Paper is the country’s armaments industry. France maintains that its 4,000 armaments firms are central to its strategic autonomy, especially as they...
View ArticleNew report on European military capabilities
Today, the European Union’s Institute for Security Studies published a report I’ve been working on for the past few months as rapporteur (with Antonio Missiroli and Andrea Gilli). The report was...
View ArticleInterview with Volker Perthes
Over the past few months the editors of European Geostrategy have been undertaking a number of interviews with various individuals who are involved in thinking about European foreign, security and...
View ArticleInterview with Benoit Gomis
Over the past few months the editors of European Geostrategy have been undertaking a number of interviews with various individuals who are involved in thinking about European foreign, security and...
View ArticleInterview with Robert Cooper
Over the next few months the editors of European Geostrategy will undertake a number of interviews with various individuals who are involved in thinking about European foreign, security and military...
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