Daniel Fiott

Publications

  • Innovating and Offsetting? The Political Economy of US Defence Innovation 

    Innovating and Offsetting? The Political Economy of US Defence Innovation 

    Defence is the ultimate public good, and it thus falls to government to determine the appropriate amount of public revenue to commit to the defence of the realm. This will depend on history, strategic threat, international security obligations, entreaties from allies and, of course, the threat faced. The Political Economy of Defence is structured to… Read more

  • Protecting Europe: The EU’s Response to Hybrid Threats

    Protecting Europe: The EU’s Response to Hybrid Threats

    Abstract Hybrid threats – unconventional threats that fall under the threshold of military force – have become a ubiquitous feature of today’s security environment. Although the EU is much better placed to detect and combat hybrid threats today than was the case five years ago, this new form of asymmetric conflict remains a major challenge.… Read more

  • The Scrutiny of the European Defence Fund by the European Parliament and National Parliaments

    The Scrutiny of the European Defence Fund by the European Parliament and National Parliaments

    Since 2016, the European Union has developed a number of new initiatives on security and defence. In particular, the introduction of Permanent Structured Cooperation and the European Defence Fund have been designed to allow the EU to become a more autonomous actor with regard to crisis management, capacity building and protecting Europe and its citizens.… Read more

  • A Scenario Involving the Hijacking of a Foreign Submarine

    A Scenario Involving the Hijacking of a Foreign Submarine

    At 04:44 on 17 May 2021, government au- thorities from the Republic of Zirta re- ceived communication from the ‘New Petra Circle’ (NPC) terror group that a diesel-powered submarine (Kilo-class) belonging to the navy of the Federal Republic of Parousia had been hijacked in the Zirtian harbour city of Plimsolla. Parousian officials confirmed to Zirtian authorities that they had lost… Read more

  • Military CSDP operations: strategy, financing, effectiveness

    Military CSDP operations: strategy, financing, effectiveness

    This chapter looks at the intersection of the legal and operational parameters in which military operations are deployed under the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP). To this end, the chapter focuses on the challenges related to ‘mission creep’ and the flexibility of operational objectives, to the financial and legal aspects of deployment and… Read more

  • The Multiannual Financial Framework and European Defence

    The Multiannual Financial Framework and European Defence

    Thirteen billion euros. This amount of money is perhaps of little significance when taken as a stand-alone item in the next EU Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF). But in light of the fact that the European Commission has requested this amount for defence research and capability development, it becomes much more important. In a radical break… Read more