Daniel Fiott

Publications

  • Strategic Domains: Developing the EU’s Capabilities and Enablers for a Free and Secure Global Order

    Strategic Domains: Developing the EU’s Capabilities and Enablers for a Free and Secure Global Order

    Future Europe – European Liberal Forum The deteriorating global security order is calling into question old certainties about how freely and securely Europe can access and use global commons such as the seas, air and space. The rise of authoritarian and revisionist powers will only make it more challenging for the European Union (EU) to… Read more

  • Defending Europe, That is the Question

    Defending Europe, That is the Question

    In this edition of the European Council Experts’ Debrief, our experts focus on the theme of security and defence. We asked eleven experts to respond to the following question, formulated by TEPSA Secretary-General Jim Cloos and Executive Director Mariam Khotenashvili: “In view of the multiple new threats in a rapidly changing world, the effects of… Read more

  • NATO Summit in Washington: Critical Infrastructure Protection

    NATO Summit in Washington: Critical Infrastructure Protection

    Instituto da Defesa Nacional Portugal The recent NATO summit, held in Washington from 9 to 11 July, marked the 75th anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, in the same city where, in 1949, twelve countries, including Portugal, signed this treaty to ensure their collective defence. The meeting brought together leaders of the 32 member… Read more

  • The 7Ds – Defence in Depth

    The 7Ds – Defence in Depth

    When an idea like the defence community re-emerges regularly over the course of 70 years but is never realised, what does this tell us? The message is, first, that the idea is backed by a strong rationale that does not allow us simply to shelve it and move on; but also, that the preconditions for… Read more

  • Defence Industry: A New Chapter of Transatlantic Friction?

    Defence Industry: A New Chapter of Transatlantic Friction?

    In profound and significant ways, the defence industry is at the heart of debates about how to organise transatlantic defence cooperation. The United States (US) and its defence industry continue to sell military capabilities and equipment to Europe, a condition that has developed over several decades. The predominant role of American defence industries in Europe has given… Read more

  • Defence as a core pillar of European integration

    Defence as a core pillar of European integration

    CIDOB Monographs nº 88 The politicisation of European affairs, and the steady rise of clashing views on them, is a growing and irrepressible phenomenon. In this context, the outcome of the elections to the European Parliament will determine the future of the legislative process on many issues: the green agenda, European Union’s future enlargement, the… Read more