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 unravelling of the EU
    Opinion piece by Charles Grant
    Prospect, 03 July 2009

    Divided on foreign and defence policy, the EU seems to be slipping backwards. It must learn to speak in one voice, or others will shape the new world order, writes Charles Grant, director of the Centre for European Reform.
  • Is Europe doomed to fail as a power?
    Essay by Charles Grant, 01 July 2009

    How relevant is Europe in the emerging multipolar world? On current trends, the EU seems unlikely to be one of the powers that shapes the new order. Divisions among the member-states and a lack of military muscle have weakened the EU's foreign and defence policy.

  • Will the recession make Europe's militaries weaker?
    Opinion piece by Tomas Valasek
    Foreign Policy, 12 June 2009

    Governments across Europe are about to slash their defense budgets - but they need to ensure they cut correctly.The economic crisis has wracked government budgets across Europe, as revenues have fallen and spending on stimulus and bailouts has soared.
  • Fighting the leaderless jihad
    Opinion piece by Hugo Brady
    E!Sharp, 01 March 2009

    The planned closure of the controversial US interrogation centre and prison at Guantánamo Bay should usher in deeper transatlantic cooperation in the fight against terrorism and other common security threats.
  • Defending European defence in partnership with NATO, strengthening the EU's military muscle is the right idea
    Opinion piece by Tomas Valasek
    The Wall Street Journal, 09 December 2008

    Ten years ago in St. Malo, Tony Blair and Jacques Chirac launched the European security and defence policy, or ESDP. They had the right idea: The European Union needs a defence arm if it is to play a global role, and with the demand for peacekeepers rising, ESDP could give a needed boost to the efforts of NATO and the United Nations. Or at least that was the theory.
  • Can the west help prevent an all-out war between Russia and Georgia?
    Opinion piece by Tomas Valasek
    The Guardian, 08 August 2008

    This week, Georgia made a bold gamble: it moved forces into South Ossetia; a province of Georgia that broke free in the early 1990s, in an attempt to re-assert its authority over parts or all of it.
  • Willing and able? EU defence in 2020
    Essay by Daniel Keohane, Tomas Valasek, 02 June 2008

    Demand for military forces is growing. And the Europeans increasingly turn to the EU when in need of troops for peacekeeping or for delivering humanitarian aid. But will the EU be able to keep up with the demand?

  • France, NATO and European defence
    Policy brief by Tomas Valasek, 12 May 2008

    France and the UK are close to an agreement that would dramatically improve relations EU and NATO. The two institutions currently make poor partners. Besides Franco-disagreements, Turkish squabbles with the EU also impede EU-NATO co-operation.