Daniel Fiott

Journal Articles

  • Yearbook of European Security 2019

    Yearbook of European Security 2019

    Abstract The 2019 Yearbook of European Security provides an overview of events in 2018 that were significant for European security and charts major developments in the EU’s external action and security and defence policy. With a new data-rich look, the 2019 Yearbook of European Security contains many novel features including region and issue-specific sections, content-centric Read more

  • The Poison Pill: EU Defence on US Terms?

    The Poison Pill: EU Defence on US Terms?

    It took two letters. One, sent to Brussels on 1 May 2019 by two US undersecretaries, accused the EU of damaging transatlantic cooperation and hindering US access to Europe’s defence market through the rules it plans to set for the participation of third states in the European Defence Fund (EDF) and Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO). Read more

  • The European Union

    The European Union

    Many theorists and policymakers may be surprised to learn that an international organization, such as the European Union, has the capacity to form and articulate its own grand strategy. However, identifying “who” makes EU grand strategy is challenging. A range of institutions and actors play a role in the formulation, consolidation, and execution of the Read more

  • Innovating and Offsetting? The Political Economy of US Defence Innovation 

    Innovating and Offsetting? The Political Economy of US Defence Innovation 

    Defence is the ultimate public good, and it thus falls to government to determine the appropriate amount of public revenue to commit to the defence of the realm. This will depend on history, strategic threat, international security obligations, entreaties from allies and, of course, the threat faced. The Political Economy of Defence is structured to Read more

  • Protecting Europe: The EU’s Response to Hybrid Threats

    Protecting Europe: The EU’s Response to Hybrid Threats

    Abstract Hybrid threats – unconventional threats that fall under the threshold of military force – have become a ubiquitous feature of today’s security environment. Although the EU is much better placed to detect and combat hybrid threats today than was the case five years ago, this new form of asymmetric conflict remains a major challenge. Read more

  • The Scrutiny of the European Defence Fund by the European Parliament and National Parliaments

    The Scrutiny of the European Defence Fund by the European Parliament and National Parliaments

    Since 2016, the European Union has developed a number of new initiatives on security and defence. In particular, the introduction of Permanent Structured Cooperation and the European Defence Fund have been designed to allow the EU to become a more autonomous actor with regard to crisis management, capacity building and protecting Europe and its citizens. Read more