Daniel Fiott

Publications

  • Yearbook of European Security, 2021

    Yearbook of European Security, 2021

    Abstract The 2021 Yearbook of European Security provides an overview of events in 2020 that were significant for European security and it charts major developments in the EU’s external action and security and defence policy. The 2021 Yearbook of European Security contains region- and issue-specific sections, timelines of key events, lists of core EU documents,… Read more

  • What Scope for EU-US Defence Industrial Cooperation in the 2020s?

    What Scope for EU-US Defence Industrial Cooperation in the 2020s?

    The election of Joseph Biden as President of the United States has led to talk of a reset in the transatlantic relationship. This is the dawn of a new era where the US are more involved in NATO, the Europeans are more involved in their security with projects such as PeSCo or the European Defence… Read more

  • Knowledge is Power? Technology and Innovation in the Indo-Pacific

    Knowledge is Power? Technology and Innovation in the Indo-Pacific

    Abstract Ever since the 1970s, the Indo-Pacific region has steadily become home to increasing levels of technological output, innovation, and people. During this period China’s economic opening, the United States’ technological dominance, and the broader processes of generalised economic globalisation have contributed to the formation of high-tech global value chains. The technological rise of the… Read more

  • European Defence and the Demands of Strategic Autonomy

    European Defence and the Demands of Strategic Autonomy

    Fundamental changes in the international system are calling into question the EU’s understanding of itself as a security and defence actor. Challenges such as the rise of China, Russia’s hybrid tactics, questions about the long-term durability of the transatlantic relationship, the risk that terrorist groups may seek to fill strategic vacuums, threats to the global… Read more

  • The EU’s Presence and Strategy in the Indo-Pacific

    The EU’s Presence and Strategy in the Indo-Pacific

    Throughout 2021, it was clear to all external actors that the EU was set to produce a strategy for cooperation in the Indo-Pacific. After initial Council of the EU Conclusions on 19 April 2021 that set out the main parameters for EU engagement, the European Commission and High Representative set about refining how the EU would boost… Read more

  • Naval Gazing: The Strategic Compass and the EU’s Maritime Presence

    Naval Gazing: The Strategic Compass and the EU’s Maritime Presence

    Abstract The EU and its member states will find it increasingly difficult to sustain the rules-based order and the Union’s own economic prosperity without a sizeable and consist- ent investment in maritime power. The politics of the EU’s approach to maritime security is conditioned by questions of geographical priorities and how to balance ‘soft’ and… Read more