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  • The trials and tribulations of European defence co-operation
    Policy brief by Clara Marina O'Donnell, 24 July 2013
    The trials and tribulations of European defence co-operation
  • A Balkan map for the road to Damascus?
    Bulletin article by Ian Bond, 24 May 2013
    A Balkan map for the road to Damascus?
  • NATO and the costs of star wars
    Insight by Clara Marina O'Donnell, 01 May 2013
    NATO and the costs of star wars
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Strength in numbers: Europe's foreign and defence policy
    Report by Charles Grant, 06 September 1996

    The countries of the European Union need to speak with a common voice on foreign policy. They share similar fundamental interests, which are sometimes distinct from those of the Americans.