Daniel Fiott

Publications

  • European Sovereignty: Strategy and Interdependence

    European Sovereignty: Strategy and Interdependence

    Abstract The notion of European ‘strategic sovereignty’ is increasingly important to debates about the European Union. Given rapidly shifting global geopolitical and technology trends, and the seeming fragmentation of the multilateral order, the EU is being forced to confront its own position in international affairs. A number of concepts have been given life because of… Read more

  • Securing the Heavens: How can Space Support the EU’s Strategic Compass?

    Securing the Heavens: How can Space Support the EU’s Strategic Compass?

    Abstract Despite political and industrial divergences between EU member states, space will play an indispensable role in the Strategic Compass. Space is a strategic enabler that can enrich the EU’s approach to crisis management, resilience, capabilities and partnerships, and the Compass is an opportunity to upgrade the status of space and defence within the context… Read more

  • Le canal et l’Union : comment la nouvelle crise de Suez déstabilise la géopolitique de l’espace maritime européen

    Le canal et l’Union : comment la nouvelle crise de Suez déstabilise la géopolitique de l’espace maritime européen

    Depuis quelques jours, un porte-conteneurs géant embourbé dans les sables du canal de Suez bloque 12 % du commerce mondial. Que révèle l’affaire Ever Given de l’espace maritime européen ? Dans cette étude, Daniel Fiott montre qu’il ne faut pas négliger la dimension géostratégique de cet événement. Le Grand Continent, 2021 Read it here Read more

  • The EU’s Strategic Compass for Security and Defence: What Type of Ambition is the Needle Pointing to?

    The EU’s Strategic Compass for Security and Defence: What Type of Ambition is the Needle Pointing to?

    Abstract For the past twenty years, the EU has deployed numerous missions and operations to different parts of the world and it has agreed on a suite of new initiatives to boost capability development, synchronise defence investment plans and enhance operational capacity. However, there is still a fundamental question facing the EU and its Member… Read more

  • European Defence, Investment and the Covid-19 Pandemic

    European Defence, Investment and the Covid-19 Pandemic

    Introduction “Please answer the question!” proclaimed newly elected Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Klarissa de Jong. Sitting in an almost empty parliamentary committee room, one of the assembled officials from the Euro- pean Commission retorted: “any decision to invest in capability development through the European Defence Fund is taken by national capitals. We cannot be held responsible… Read more

  • Virtual Congo: Or the Limits of Technological Superiority

    Virtual Congo: Or the Limits of Technological Superiority

    Introduction “Damn it!” Hidden behind an armoured vehicle, and looking down at the private’s blood-soaked body, Corporal Kohler began to breathe heavily as bullets whistled past his head. It was the sixth man he had lost this week. As he looked at the court house located in the Poto Poto neighbourhood, he could hear the hum of a… Read more