Daniel Fiott

Journal Articles

  • Reducing the Environmental Bootprint? Competition and Regulation in the Greening of Europe’s Defense Sector

    Reducing the Environmental Bootprint? Competition and Regulation in the Greening of Europe’s Defense Sector

    As part of the European Union’s (EU) renewable energy and climate targets and its drive for sustainability, energy efficiency, and environmental protection, various elements of the defense sector in Europe are undertaking their own green initiatives. This is particularly important as the defense sector is one of the biggest public consumers of energy in the Read more

  • No TTIP-ing Point for European Defence?

    No TTIP-ing Point for European Defence?

    Abstract The EU-US Summit on 26 March will mark eight months since the partners decided to formally launch negotiations on a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). The aim of the TTIP – if finalised – is to remove tariffs, align regulatory standards and open up government procurement. Born out of the need to boost Read more

  • An Industrious European Council on Defence?

    An Industrious European Council on Defence?

    The December 2013 Council meeting set in motion a number of important “roadmaps” for defence-industrial policy in Europe. Now the member states, the European Defence Agency and European Commission need to be aware of the potential roadblocks ahead. Egmont Institute, 2014, No. 53 Read it here Read more

  • The State of Defence in Europe: State of Emergency?

    The State of Defence in Europe: State of Emergency?

    When a doctor calls for a thorough examination of the state of a patient’s health, he hopes that everything will turn out to be alright, but it really means that he fears there is a serious problem. Likewise, when Herman Van Rompuy called for the European Council of which he is the President to examine Read more

  • The ‘TTIP-ing Point’: How the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Could Impact European Defence

    The ‘TTIP-ing Point’: How the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Could Impact European Defence

    The European Union and the United States are on the verge of agreeing to a transatlantic free trade agreement. The proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership is aimed at boosting EU and US economic growth, but the negotiating partners have not excluded the defence sector from negotiations. Europe is at a tipping point regarding the Read more

  • More Competitive, More Efficient? The 2013 European Commission Defence Communication

    More Competitive, More Efficient? The 2013 European Commission Defence Communication

    The European Commission has now released its 2013 Communication on defence-industrial policy. But does the latest set of policy ideas offer European defence-industrial cooperation any new impetus? This Brief argues that while the majority of the Commission’s initiatives are not new, some much needed ideas have made their way into the latest Communication. Egmont Institute, Read more