Daniel Fiott

Publications

  • Going viral? EU defence and the response to COVID-19

    Going viral? EU defence and the response to COVID-19

    By now, we are familiar with the serious risks posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Militaries across Europe have been praised for their role in delivering medical supplies, transporting patients, testing citizens and building makeshift hospitals. Notwithstanding the current second and possible future waves of the virus, however, attention is turning away from response towards the… Read more

  • Sovereignty over Supply? The EU’s Ability to Manage Critical Dependences while Engaging with the World

    Sovereignty over Supply? The EU’s Ability to Manage Critical Dependences while Engaging with the World

    Abstract Fears about the EU’s trade, resource and technology dependences have only grown since the outbreak of the pandemic, even though US-China trade disputes and the rolling out of 5G have played a significant role, too. Some analysts have pointed to the beginning of a ‘decoupling’ of certain supply chains away from China, and, while evidence… Read more

  • The European Space Sector as an Enabler of EU Strategic Autonomy

    The European Space Sector as an Enabler of EU Strategic Autonomy

    Today, the European Union can boast a degree of strategic autonomy in space. Projects such as Galileo have not only enhanced the EU’s economy, but they may confer on the Union the ability to amplify its Common Foreign and Security Policy and Common Security and Defence Policy. While the EU continues to promote the safe,… Read more

  • Yearbook of European Security 2020

    Yearbook of European Security 2020

    Abstract The 2020 Yearbook of European Security provides an overview of events in 2019 that were significant for European security and it charts major developments in the EU’s external action and security and defence policy. The 2020 Yearbook of European Security contains region- and issue-specific sections, content-centric timelines, key EU document sources, information boxes and… Read more

  • The EU’s Strategic Compass and Its Four Baskets: Capability Development

    The EU’s Strategic Compass and Its Four Baskets: Capability Development

    The Strategic Compass promises to give the EU greater clarity over the strategic direction of CSDP and, potentially, EU security and defense more broadly. Which direction is the EU headed? What do North, South, East, and West mean in the context of CSDP? Who is carrying the Compass, and who is joining the Union on… Read more

  • Uncharted Territory? Towards a Common Threat Analysis and a Strategic Compass for EU security and defence

    Uncharted Territory? Towards a Common Threat Analysis and a Strategic Compass for EU security and defence

    Words have meaning. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen took up her mandate calling for a ‘geopolitical Commission’ and Josep Borrell, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission (HR/VP), echoed this by stating that the EU needs to ‘learn the language of power’. Reflecting the… Read more