Daniel Fiott

Journal Articles

  • The EU Defence Industrial Strategy: Some Preliminary Reflections

    The EU Defence Industrial Strategy: Some Preliminary Reflections

    Daniel Fiott In advance of the 2024 EU Defence Industrial Strategy, and before I write a more focused and substantial piece of analysis, I wanted to lay out some key themes and issues that will confront the drafters of the new Strategy.  First, let me say that the Strategy itself should be placed in its Read more

  • The EU and the Military Dimensions of Ukraine’s Recovery

    The EU and the Military Dimensions of Ukraine’s Recovery

    When accepting the Charlemagne Prize of Aachen on behalf of the Ukrainian people in May 2023, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy boldly proclaimed that ‘Ukraini- ans will always make Europe stronger’. He also cautiously warned that while history is built on victories, it also remembers defeats. It is clear that European leaders do not want to leave Read more

  • EU Defence after Versailles: An Agenda for the Future

    EU Defence after Versailles: An Agenda for the Future

    This analysis focuses on developments in European Union (EU) security and defence since the Versailles Summit, held on 10–11 March 2022. It shows how the Union’s response to Russia’s war on Ukraine has unleashed and spurred on a range of operational, industrial and political initiatives that will influence security and defence policy for the years Read more

  • Purchasing Power: Towards Joint Procurement and Planning in European Defence?

    Purchasing Power: Towards Joint Procurement and Planning in European Defence?

    Since 2016, the European Union has financially supported the joint development of defence innovation and capabilities. After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, however, the Union sought to develop its defence industrial base for the production ammunition and equipment. This step comes with an emphasis on “joint-ness”: the idea that Europeans need to invest more in joint Read more

  • Qualified Majority Voting in EU Foreign Policy: A Cost of Non-Europe Report 

    Qualified Majority Voting in EU Foreign Policy: A Cost of Non-Europe Report 

    The following study deals with qualified majority voting (QMV) and the common foreign and security policy (CFSP) of the European Union (EU). As the EU develops into a geopolitical actor, it is necessary to analyse its existing and future foreign policy decision-making procedures. However, a series of high-profile instances have called into question the EU’s Read more

  • Two Fronts, One Goal: Euro-Atlantic Security in the Indo-Pacific Age

    Two Fronts, One Goal: Euro-Atlantic Security in the Indo-Pacific Age

    This paper outlines how Europe can contribute to alleviating the “two-front” predicament in U .S. global strategy . It shows how Europeans can help free up the United States’ strategic bandwidth in Europe so as to enable a proper U .S. prioritization of China without weakening Europe’s deterrence architecture. The paper also shows how Europeans Read more