In the sixth of European Geostrategy’s ‘Long Posts’, Xymena Kurowska and Bence Németh enquire as to whether Central Europe has become a geopolitical playground for a plethora of internal, external and ‘caretaking’ powers. How might the region’s countries better prepare themselves for the future?
How is the European military-industrial base articulated in the French Defence White Paper? Is it still central to French interests, or increasingly less important?
What does the 2013 French Defence White Paper mean for European armaments cooperation? What is preventing the creation of a European military-industrial base?
The European Union Institute for Security Studies publishes a new report on the future of European armed forces. Can Europeans remain militarily powerful in the third decade of the twenty-first century?
What does the new French Defence White Paper hold in store for French and European military power? Does it promise to maintain France as a global military power, or render the country a regional actor?
In the tenth of European Geostrategy’s interview series, Daniel Fiott speaks with Volker Perthes, of the Institute for Foreign and Security Policy in Berlin.
What are the implications for the European military-industrial base of the failure of BAE Systems and EADS to merge?
In the ninth of European Geostrategy’s interview series, Luis Simón speaks to Kenneth Waltz about American power, the rise of China, nuclear weapons in the Middle East, and European decline.
In the eighth of European Geostrategy’s interview series, James Rogers speaks to Benoit Gomis about the British-French Alliance, the French-led operation in Mali and the future of London-Paris relations.
In this seventh interview in European Geostrategy’s series, Daniel Fiott speaks to Jamie Shea, the Deputy Assistant Secretary General of the Emerging Challenges Division, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.