Daniel Fiott

Publications

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

    My Work with CSDS in 2023 – A Year in Review

    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. I published 3 peer-reviewed articles including:  In Every Crisis an Opportunity? European Union Integration in Defence and the War on Ukraine, Journal of European Integration… Read more

  • Defence Matters: Ten Years of European Defence and What Has Really Been Achieved?

    Defence Matters: Ten Years of European Defence and What Has Really Been Achieved?

    Ten years ago to the day, Heads of State and Government met at a specially designated session of the European Council: the focus, European defence. As the meeting conclusions make clear, the leaders saw defence as a critical area of EU policy and they proclaimed their readiness to increase defence budgets, de-fragment European defence markets, develop military capabilities… Read more

  • Europe’s Geopolitical Coming of Age Requires Greater Defense Efforts

    Europe’s Geopolitical Coming of Age Requires Greater Defense Efforts

    Having already experienced what life is like under a Donald Trump US presidency, the Europeans presently seem rather blasé about what a potential second Trump administration could entail for the European Union and NATO. For all his (very real) sins, Trump gave voice to the long-standing tensions at the heart of the transatlantic relationship. Will… Read more

  • Deterrence and Economic Security: A Dialogue in Japan

    Deterrence and Economic Security: A Dialogue in Japan

    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 Indo-Pacific. It was an intensive week of events and meetings and I was privileged to exchange views with government(al) representatives from Japan, Spain, the United… Read more

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

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

    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 and European Commission, expect calls for new bodies and the reshuffling of existing structures. Before this author reflects on some of the possible ideas and… Read more

  • The EU Defence Industrial Strategy: Some Preliminary Reflections

    The EU Defence Industrial Strategy: Some Preliminary Reflections

    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 themes and issues that will confront the drafters of the new Strategy.  First, let me say that the Strategy itself should be placed in its… Read more