Daniel Fiott

Publications

  • Purchasing Power: Towards Joint Procurement and Planning in European Defence?

    Purchasing Power: Towards Joint Procurement and Planning in European Defence?

    Since 2016, the European Union has financially supported the joint development of defence innovation and capabilities. After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, however, the Union sought to develop its defence industrial base for the production ammunition and equipment. This step comes with an emphasis on “joint-ness”: the idea that Europeans need to invest more in joint… Read more

  • Qualified Majority Voting in EU Foreign Policy: A Cost of Non-Europe Report 

    Qualified Majority Voting in EU Foreign Policy: A Cost of Non-Europe Report 

    The following study deals with qualified majority voting (QMV) and the common foreign and security policy (CFSP) of the European Union (EU). As the EU develops into a geopolitical actor, it is necessary to analyse its existing and future foreign policy decision-making procedures. However, a series of high-profile instances have called into question the EU’s… Read more

  • Two Fronts, One Goal: Euro-Atlantic Security in the Indo-Pacific Age

    Two Fronts, One Goal: Euro-Atlantic Security in the Indo-Pacific Age

    This paper outlines how Europe can contribute to alleviating the “two-front” predicament in U .S. global strategy . It shows how Europeans can help free up the United States’ strategic bandwidth in Europe so as to enable a proper U .S. prioritization of China without weakening Europe’s deterrence architecture. The paper also shows how Europeans… Read more

  • When the War Ends: Rebuilding Ukraine and European Security

    When the War Ends: Rebuilding Ukraine and European Security

    €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 about €679 billion over 10 years. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development puts the figure at €250 billion for 5 years, and the European Investment Bank… Read more

  • NATO and the Current Security Context

    NATO and the Current Security Context

    In many respects, the NATO Vilnius Summit of 11-12 July 2023 revealed one of the core issues facing the alliance today: how, when and if to enlarge to include Ukraine. Enlargement has always been a sensitive and contested issue for NATO, but the prospect of taking on a country that is currently the victim of… Read more

  • Analyzing the Outcomes of the 2023 NATO Summit

    Analyzing the Outcomes of the 2023 NATO Summit

    The NATO Summit in Vilnius on 11-12 July 2023 came at a testing time for the alliance. With the Ukrainian offensive, Russia’s war on Ukraine has entered a delicate phase. NATO allies and EU member states are turning to questions about what the post-war settlement might look like, and there are strong calls for Ukraine… Read more