Daniel Fiott

Journal Articles

  • The European Investment Bank could help meet some of the challenges facing Europe’s struggling defence industry

    The European Investment Bank could help meet some of the challenges facing Europe’s struggling defence industry

    European countries face significant challenges in funding defence research and development programmes. Among the most important are declining defence budgets, fierce international competition, and the increasingly expensive nature of high-end technologies. Daniel Fiott argues that the European Investment Bank could play a much greater role in Europe’s defence sector and serve as a life-line to defence research Read more

  • Relations with the Rest of the World: From Chaos to Consolidation?

    Relations with the Rest of the World: From Chaos to Consolidation?

    Our 2012 review painted a picture of an EU pulled between a seemingly inexorable series of internal crises, on the one hand, and myriad external demands, on the other (Hadfield and Fiott, 2013). The year 2013 largely continued the theme of balancing slow-paced internal consolidation with increasingly demanding diplomatic requirements arising from within the Eastern Read more

  • Europe after the U.S. Pivot

    Europe after the U.S. Pivot

    Insofar as Europe’s security and cohesion have for decades been premised upon a strong American political and strategic engagement, Washington’s intention to “rebalance” to Asia casts a shadow over the sustainability of a stable and coherent geopolitical order on the continent. This article argues that as the United States seeks to rebalance strategically towards the Read more

  • The Juncker Commission and Europe’s Defence

    The Juncker Commission and Europe’s Defence

    The decision by the incoming President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, to merge the internal market and industry portfolios under one commissioner is an intelligent move. Of course, it is not the first time this has been attempted. Some may recall that Étienne Davignon was the Commissioner for Internal Market, Customs Union and Industrial Read more

  • Defence R&D in Europe

    Defence R&D in Europe

    Introduction Research and Technology (R&T) and Research and Development (R&D) are critical ele- ments in the production of defence capabilities: without scientific and engineering inge- nuity, technological advances in the defence sphere cannot be made. R&T is the critical beginning phase in the development of defence capabilities. It is in the R&T phase that initial Read more

  • One Size to Fit All? Setting Standards for European Defence

    One Size to Fit All? Setting Standards for European Defence

    Abstract While the crisis in Ukraine may contribute to a revision of defence expenditures in a number of European countries, the task of finding the right balance between cost-effective and strategically-relevant defence spending in Europe is still critical. As defence expenditure generally remains in decline across Europe, a range of innovative measures to ensure that Read more