Daniel Fiott

Publications

  • The Diplomatic Role of the European Parliament’s Parliamentary Groups

    The Diplomatic Role of the European Parliament’s Parliamentary Groups

    The political groups of the European Parliament (EP) play a diplomatic role in terms of the EP’s legislative powers, their rhetorical role in European Union (EU) foreign policy, and through direct diplomatic action in third countries. It is therefore surprising to observe that the parliamentary diplomacy of the political groups – conceived as diplomatic activities… Read more

  • The European Commission and the European Defence Agency: A Case of Rivalry?

    The European Commission and the European Defence Agency: A Case of Rivalry?

    This article analyzes relations between the European Commission and the European Defence Agency (EDA) as they relate to European defence-industrial co-operation. To undertake the analysis, the article departs from a strictly intergovernmental-supranational study of institutional relations by building upon the concept of ‘mandate overlap’. Additionally, the focus is on the constitutive policy approach of each… Read more

  • Autonomy without Autarky: An EU ‘Roadmap’ for Security of Supply

    Autonomy without Autarky: An EU ‘Roadmap’ for Security of Supply

    The disruption of the defence supply chain and the inability to replace or reproduce equipment: a nightmarish prospect for any military planner. To allay such fears, states have, whenever possible, sought to lower dependence on third-country suppliers by favouring national industry. Yet complete autarky is impossible to achieve in today’s globalised defence market. Consider, for… Read more

  • Kissinger on World Order

    Kissinger on World Order

    Kissinger’s first book was essentially a study of the corrupting effect of revolution on world – or, more specifically, European – order. Kissinger’s (thinly masked) parallel between Napoleon and Hitler made the point that revolutionary powers – defined as those states that seek to overturn the established global order – were intrinsically threatening to world… Read more

  • The Three Effects of Dual-Use: Firms, Capabilities and Governance

    The Three Effects of Dual-Use: Firms, Capabilities and Governance

    It is easy to overlook the fact that many of the products and technologies we use on a daily basis – and now take for granted – have their origins in the defence sector. GPS navigation units, the internet, touch screens, digital cameras, and even microwaves, were all, in one way or another, invented and… Read more

  • The European Investment Bank could help meet some of the challenges facing Europe’s struggling defence industry

    The European Investment Bank could help meet some of the challenges facing Europe’s struggling defence industry

    European countries face significant challenges in funding defence research and development programmes. Among the most important are declining defence budgets, fierce international competition, and the increasingly expensive nature of high-end technologies. Daniel Fiott argues that the European Investment Bank could play a much greater role in Europe’s defence sector and serve as a life-line to defence research… Read more