Daniel Fiott

Journal Articles

  • Another Russian invasion of Ukraine? A Scenario

    Another Russian invasion of Ukraine? A Scenario

    In the summer of 2020, Russian forces entered Dnipropetrovsk International Airport (Ukraine’s fourth largest city), blockaded the M34 motorway that links Dnipropetro- vsk to Kiev and seized railway lines in the region. At the same time, Russia deployed the Admiral Grigorovich, Ladnyy and Smetlivyy frigates and the Azov and Caesar Kunikov landing ships in the Sea of Azov, sent air detachments and funneled supplies… Read more

  • Promoting European Defence Cooperation and the Promise of Financial Incentives

    Promoting European Defence Cooperation and the Promise of Financial Incentives

    The European Union (EU) has never directly funded defence research or military capability development before; so the fact that EU financial support for both defence research and joint capability development is now possible following the release of the European Defence Action Plan (EDAP) is curious and interesting. The fact that defence research and capability development… Read more

  • Defence in Detail

    Defence in Detail

    Abstract The following pages bring together data on defence spending from three different sources: the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). Data for 2016 from the EDA were not available at time of publication. IISS and SIPRI figures dis- played below are available for… Read more

  • The CARD on the EU Defence Table

    The CARD on the EU Defence Table

    In the 14 November 2016 Council conclusions, member states recognised that there was a need to ‘deepen defence cooperation and ensure more optimal use, including coherence, of defence spending plans’. Although the European Defence Agency (EDA) has been working towards these objectives since 2004, a more ‘structured way to deliver identified capabilities based on greater… Read more

  • Patriotism, Preferences and Serendipity: Understanding the Adoption of the Defence Transfers Directive

    Patriotism, Preferences and Serendipity: Understanding the Adoption of the Defence Transfers Directive

    The 2009 adoption of the EU directive on intra-Community transfers of defence equipment (‘ICT directive’) (2009/43/EC) aims to harmonize defence transfer licencing in the EU. The directive is part of a ‘defence package’ – along with a directive on defence procurement (2009/81/EC) – that is geared to liberalizing and regulating the European Defence Equipment Market… Read more

  • European Defence: The Year Ahead

    European Defence: The Year Ahead

    After several months of intense work, the European Union ended 2016 having agreed to a number of fresh initiatives designed to articulate (and act on) a new level of ambition for security and defence. Under the overall direction laid down by the EU Global Strategy (EUGS), a specific plan on security and defence (SDIP) was… Read more