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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  • EU ministers tackle defence austerity
    Insight by Tomas Valasek, 01 June 2011

    How do you do more with less? The EU defence ministers agreed last week that the way to limit the impact of the economic crisis on their defence budgets lies in more co-operation.

  • We have reached a share it or lose it moment
    Opinion piece by Tomas Valasek
    Defence Management Journal, 26 April 2011

    Despite all the cuts to defence budgets, Europe's militaries are not doing enough pooling and sharing of equipment and personnel; that is the opinion of Thomas Valasek, author of "Surviving Austerity - The Case for a New Approach to EU Military Collaboration".
  • Surviving austerity: The case for a new approach to EU military collaboration
    Report by Tomas Valasek, 22 April 2011

    A wave of budgetary austerity is weakening Europe’s defences. The armed forces of Europe will lose important skills and capabilities unless they can find ways of saving money through collaboration. Tomas Valasek examines previous efforts at pooling and sharing, and explains why some succeeded better than others.
  • Europe needs a military avant-garde
    Bulletin article by Charles Grant, 01 April 2011

    A union of 27 member-states is large and unwieldy. So it is not surprising that sub-groups - formal and informal- are playing a bigger role in managing what the EU does. The Euro Group is emerging as an important institution in its own right, with its own summits.

  • 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.