NATO - austerityDefence austerityUS, Europe & NATO
  • Smart but too cautious: How NATO can improve its fight against austerity
    Policy brief by Claudia Major, Christian Mölling, Tomas Valasek, 21 May 2012
    Smart but too cautious: How NATO can improve its fight against austerity
  • Breakfast on 'Is collaboration the answer to defence austerity? Perspectives on UK, France, NATO and the EU'
    Event, 14 March 2012, London
    Breakfast on 'Is collaboration the answer to defence austerity?
  • All alone? What US retrenchment means for Europe and NATO
    Report by François Heisbourg, Wolfgang Ischinger, George Robertson, Kori Schake, Tomas Valasek, 01 March 2012
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  • The impact of the euro on transatlantic relations
    Report by Steven Everts, 07 January 2000

    European Union is, almost by definition, subject to strain and tension. During the Cold War some stability was maintained by the common external threat that bound the NATO allies together under US leadership.
  • Pooling forces
    Bulletin article by Tim Garden, John Roper, 01 December 1999

    After many years of talking about boosting their defence capabilities but doing very little, the Europeans have made substantial progress in 1999. European governments have begun to develop the defence dimension of their common foreign and security policy.
  • European defence post-Kosovo
    Working paper by Charles Grant, 04 June 1999

    European Union has long talked about building a defence capability, but done very little about it. In the first week of June 1999, however, two events gave a boost to the EU’s military aspirations. At the Cologne summit EU leaders agreed on a scheme that would enable the EU to deploy military force.
  • The EU needs defence convergence criteria
    Bulletin article by François Heisbourg, 01 June 1999

    The countries of the European Union spend on defence around 60 per cent of the US defence budget (approximately $145bn versus $265bn). But Europe does not have anything close to half of US capabilities when it comes to strategic lift, strategic intelligence or command and control.
  • The end of EADC
    Bulletin article by Charles Grant, 01 February 1999

    A little over a year ago the political leaders of Britain, France and Germany launched their plan for a European Aerospace and Defence Company (EADC).
  • Reshaping Europe's defence
    Bulletin article by Charles Grant, 01 December 1998

    All across Europe, politicians and diplomats are scratching their heads and asking the same question: when was the last time that Britain came up with such a constructive initiative on the future of the European Union?
  • Integration or isolation? Restructuring Europe's defence industry
    Bulletin article by Alex Ashbourne, 01 July 1998

    As the states of the European Union draw closer together, their inability to unite and restructure their defence industries is becoming ever more anachronistic. Britain, France and Germany currently have separate defence industries. In a united Europe, such duplication is neither necessary nor economically viable.
  • Opening the door: The enlargement of NATO and the European Union
    Report by William Wallace, 06 September 1996

    Britain and its European allies are now committed to a radical redrawing of their continent's political and economic map.