Daniel Fiott

Publications

  • Counting on the Cloud? NATO, Digital Modernisation and Cloud Computing

    Counting on the Cloud? NATO, Digital Modernisation and Cloud Computing

    NATO is enhancing its defence and deterrence in the face of grave geopolitical risks. While the major focus in 2025 is on ramping up the manufacturing of ammunition, missiles, tanks, armoured vehicles and more, there is a risk that the digital elements of the Alliance’s security and defence are marginalised or neglected. Indeed, the war… Read more

  • Money is Not Everything: How to Enhance the EU’s Security and Defence Readiness

    Money is Not Everything: How to Enhance the EU’s Security and Defence Readiness

    The war in Ukraine and worrying shifts in the transatlantic relationship are forcing EU member states and institutions to think more seriously about Europe’s security and defence. Although the EU has had a Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) since the early 2000s, it is only in recent years that it has taken a comprehensive… Read more

  • The Defence Dilemma: Can Spain Ride Europe’s Defence Revival?

    The Defence Dilemma: Can Spain Ride Europe’s Defence Revival?

    Defence has become a public policy area of the highest priority in Europe. As the war in Ukraine rages on and the second Trump administration encourages Europeans to take ownership of conventional defence within NATO, the European Union (EU) has launched a flurry of initiatives in recent years to bolster Europe’s military capabilities and revitalise Europe’s defence industrial… Read more

  • Defence Innovation Trends: A Data Snapshot of the European Defence Fund, 2021-2024

    Defence Innovation Trends: A Data Snapshot of the European Defence Fund, 2021-2024

    The European Defence Fund (EDF) has been in operation since 2021 and has become an integral part of European efforts to enhance defence investments. Since 2021, the European Commission has invested €4 billion into 225 collaborative defence research and development (R&D) projects. A major challenge will be keeping the momentum by securing more funding for… Read more

  • Sovereignty by Design? Security of Supply in Defence in the European Union

    Sovereignty by Design? Security of Supply in Defence in the European Union

    In 2025, security of supply in defence in the European Union is yet again on the policy agenda, especially given the ongoing war on Ukraine and shifts in the transatlantic relationship. In this policy paper, we take stock of the EU’s recent efforts to develop defence industrial policy and its relationship with security of supply.… Read more

  • Hanging Together or Hanging Separately? Europe and the Indo-Pacific in United States-China Rivalry

    Hanging Together or Hanging Separately? Europe and the Indo-Pacific in United States-China Rivalry

    The United States appears to be consistent on the idea that “great power” or “strategic” competition and, more specifically, “competition with China” stands out as its overriding national security priority. Insofar as Trump administration’s strategic approach towards Ukraine and Europe appears to be significantly informed by China and Indo Pacific-related considerations, the US is operating… Read more