Daniel Fiott

Publications

  • The EU and Crisis Management in the age of Technological Disruption

    The EU and Crisis Management in the age of Technological Disruption

    International organisations are playing catch-up to the rapid development of emerging technologies and greater digitalisation, especially as these new systems and processes are being produced at a seemingly breakneck speed by a range of commercial and government actors. As of today, international actors such as the United Nations and the European Union at least agree that… Read more

  • Financing Rhetoric? The European Defence Fund and Dual-use Technologies

    Financing Rhetoric? The European Defence Fund and Dual-use Technologies

    The European Defence Fund reveals an intriguing aspect of dual-use theory and practice, namely, that the European Commission has committed to maintaining a specific ‘defence’ focus for the Fund in a sector that is increasingly marked by dual-use technologies and systems. This chapter analyses how the European Commission defines ‘defence’ in the context of globalised… Read more

  • EU-Japan Cooperation on Defence Capabilities: Possibilities?

    EU-Japan Cooperation on Defence Capabilities: Possibilities?

    European countries and Japan both possess advanced defence technologies and they can bring to bear a range of civilian or dual-use technologies for defence procurement and defence research. At the same time, both players recognise that it is increasingly difficult for individual countries to manage defence equipment projects without cooperation. Therefore, it is clear that… Read more

  • Europas Verteidigung sollte nicht Opfer des Lockdowns sein

    Europas Verteidigung sollte nicht Opfer des Lockdowns sein

    Covid-19 wird die Welt nicht sicherer machen, im Gegenteil. Die EU sollte den Verteidigungssektor bei ihren finanziellen Planungen deshalb besonders berücksichtigen. Ein Gastbeitrag. Frankfurter Allgemeine, 2020 Read more Read more

  • The EU must not let the four horsemen of the Apocalypse weaken Europe’s security

    The EU must not let the four horsemen of the Apocalypse weaken Europe’s security

    The looming economic recovery may take its toll on Europe’s armed forces and civilian experts – they will be expected to do more with less money. This has to be avoided at all costs. Were there not four horsemen of the Apocalypse? Just as the virus was spreading in China, Europe was having to deal… Read more

  • CSDP in 2020: The EU’s Legacy and Ambition in Security and Defence

    CSDP in 2020: The EU’s Legacy and Ambition in Security and Defence

    The past 20 years of the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) have taught us more about the EU as an international actor. While the Union has not entirely lived up to the ambitions set down by European ministers at the Helsinki European Council in December 1999, the EU has developed the ability to deploy civilian… Read more