Category: European Statecraft

• My work with the Real Instituto Elcano in 2023

  Dec 31

  Another year over. As a Non-Resident Fellow at the Real Instituto Elcano, I have had the great pleasure of working closely with my colleagues in the Brussels office and at… more ›

• My Work with CSDS in 2023 – A Year in Review

  Dec 31

  Wishing my followers a Happy New Year and all the best for 2024! Here’s a round-up of my work with CSDS in 2023. It was a productive year for publications.… more ›

• Deterrence and Economic Security: A Dialogue in Japan

  Nov 17

  I spent the best part of a week in Japan as part of a NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS) project we are running on future trends in the… more ›

• Grand Designs: The EU’s Future Political Structures in Times of Crisis and Geopolitical Transition  

  Nov 10

  The advent of institutional change in the European Union will inevitably give rise to new and old ideas about bureaucratic design. As the clock runs down on the present legislature… more ›

• The EU Defence Industrial Strategy: Some Preliminary Reflections

  Oct 21

  Daniel Fiott In advance of the 2024 EU Defence Industrial Strategy, and before I write a more focused and substantial piece of analysis, I wanted to lay out some key… more ›

• When the War Ends: Rebuilding Ukraine and European Security

  Jul 31

  €383 billion. This is the amount of investment the World Bank believes is required to reconstruct Ukraine over a 10-year period. Ukraine’s own government puts the post-war reconstruction bill at… more ›

• Kissinger on World Order

  Oct 3

  Kissinger’s first book was essentially a study of the corrupting effect of revolution on world – or, more specifically, European – order. Kissinger’s (thinly masked) parallel between Napoleon and Hitler… more ›

• The Juncker Commission and Europe’s Defence

  Jun 1

  The decision by the incoming President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, to merge the internal market and industry portfolios under one commissioner is an intelligent move. Of course, it… more ›