Daniel Fiott

Journal Articles

  • When the War Ends: Rebuilding Ukraine and European Security

    When the War Ends: Rebuilding Ukraine and European Security

    €383 billion. This is the amount of investment the World Bank believes is required to reconstruct Ukraine over a 10-year period. Ukraine’s own government puts the post-war reconstruction bill at about €679 billion over 10 years. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development puts the figure at €250 billion for 5 years, and the European Investment Bank Read more

  • NATO and the Current Security Context

    NATO and the Current Security Context

    In many respects, the NATO Vilnius Summit of 11-12 July 2023 revealed one of the core issues facing the alliance today: how, when and if to enlarge to include Ukraine. Enlargement has always been a sensitive and contested issue for NATO, but the prospect of taking on a country that is currently the victim of Read more

  • Analyzing the Outcomes of the 2023 NATO Summit

    Analyzing the Outcomes of the 2023 NATO Summit

    The NATO Summit in Vilnius on 11-12 July 2023 came at a testing time for the alliance. With the Ukrainian offensive, Russia’s war on Ukraine has entered a delicate phase. NATO allies and EU member states are turning to questions about what the post-war settlement might look like, and there are strong calls for Ukraine Read more

  • In Orbit: The European Union, Defence and Space Domain Awareness

    In Orbit: The European Union, Defence and Space Domain Awareness

    Following the March 2023 publication of the European Union’s Space Strategy for Security and Defence, the Union has moved into new conceptual territory. In thinking about how to ensure its security and defence in outer space, the Union has emphasised the importance of “Space Domain Awareness”. The meaning of this new term is not easily Read more

  • Votes, Vetoes, Values: Foreign Interference, QMV and EU Foreign Policy in a Competitive Age

    Votes, Vetoes, Values: Foreign Interference, QMV and EU Foreign Policy in a Competitive Age

    Abstract In early May 2023, a group of nine European Union countries called for reform of the way the Union takes decisions in its foreign and security policy. Traditionally a field where consensus and unanimity are the norm, pleas in favour of Qualified Majority Voting – where a single state will no longer be able Read more

  • The Weight of Expectations: The EU and the Protection of Europe

    The Weight of Expectations: The EU and the Protection of Europe

    One of the consequences of the war on Ukraine has been a greater realisation that the defence industry matters to the European Union (EU). This may seem like an odd statement given that the Union started to stimulate its defence industry after the EU Global Strategy with frame- works and tools such as the EuropeanDefence Fund (EDF) and Permanent Read more