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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  • 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.

  • Sarkozy's bold European defence initiative
    Opinion piece by Charles Grant
    Financial Times, 24 March 2008

    Gordon Brown will welcome Nicolas Sarkozy to London on March 27. Almost 10 years ago, their predecessors as British prime minister and French president, Tony Blair and Jacques Chirac, launched the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) at St Malo. At this week's Franco-British summit, defence co-operation will once again be on the agenda.
  • The roadmap to better EU-NATO relations
    Briefing note by Tomas Valasek, 20 December 2007

    President Sarkozy has recently said that France may re-integrate into NATO's military command. This abrupt change in French policy opens doors to a much-needed improvement in EU-NATO relations.

  • Preparing for the multipolar world: European foreign and security policy in 2020
    Essay by Charles Grant, 18 December 2007

    The world is becoming increasingly multipolar. Will that mean democratic poles lining up against autocracies, in two competing camps? Or will all the leading powers support multilateral institutions?

  • Europe’s defence and its new security strategy
    Bulletin article by Tomas Valasek, 03 December 2007

    The European Union is starting work on a new security strategy. France’s president, Nicolas Sarkozy, wants it approved in the second half of 2008, during his country’s EU presidency.