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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  • What cuts in US defence budget will mean for the transatlantic alliance
    Insight by Tomas Valasek, 15 March 2011

    The US defence budget seems set to fall as Washington begins to restore order in its finances. Spending on the military has reached such heights – $700 billion, or 20 per cent of the US federal budget – that it has become too large for deficit-cutters to ignore.
  • What should NATO’s new strategic concept say about Russia?
    Insight by Tomas Valasek, 09 March 2011

    Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, NATO has strived to reduce mutual suspicions with Russia and to build a more co-operative relationship. So it is vexing that 20 years on, Russia continues to view NATO as a hostile alliance.
  • Britain cannot afford to neglect EU defence efforts
    Bulletin article by Clara Marina O'Donnell, 01 December 2010

    Britain is showing an unprecedented interest in closer defence co-operation with its European partners. The coalition government in London should be commended for initiating bilateral deals and projects amongst a limited number of EU countries.

  • EU must co-ordinate its defence needs
    Opinion piece by Clara Marina O'Donnell
    The Guardian, 15 August 2010

    Most European countries are making drastic cuts to their defence spending. Several, including Britain, are contemplating giving up significant chunks of their military equipment.
  • Membership for Russia a step too far for NATO?
    Insight by Tomas Valasek, 08 July 2010

    There are growing signs that Russia’s relations with NATO are on the mend. Senior Russian thinkers, some close to the government, have been cautiously talking up the possibility of Russia joining the alliance, as have several western officials and think-tanks (including the CER.)

  • A transatlantic defence market, forever elusive?
    Policy brief by Clara Marina O'Donnell, 01 July 2010

    Despite close political and military ties across the Atlantic, defence markets are fragmented by burdensome export controls and government reluctance to buy equipment from abroad.

  • NATO, new allies and reassurance
    Policy brief by Ronald Asmus, Stefan Czmur, Chris Donnelly, Aivis Ronis and Klaus Wittmann, Tomas Valasek, 12 May 2010

    NATO spends too little time thinking about potential conflicts close to home and developing the means to react. Some of its members – mostly in Central and Eastern Europe – worry that the alliance would not be able to come to their defence in a crisis.

  • Číne a Amerike musíme ísť príkladom
    Opinion piece by Tomas Valasek
    SME.sk, 22 March 2010

    Svet po kríze už bude iný, nebude v ňom vládnuť samotná Amerika, novú koncepciu musí prijať aj NATO, hovorí svetovo uznávaný bezpečnostný analytik TOMÁŠ VALÁŠEK.