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Written by Marcin Grajewski,
The European Union is moving closer to developing integrated European defence after 23 of its 28 Member States agreed in November on joint military investment in equipment, research and development through Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO), an enhanced-cooperation mechanism enshrined in the 2009 Lisbon Treaty. The plan is to jointly develop European military capabilities and make them available for operations separately from, or in complementarity with, NATO.
This note brings together commentaries, analyses and studies by major international think tanks and research institutes on European Union defence. Earlier publications on the topic can be found in a previous edition of ‘What Think Tanks are Thinking’ published in May 2017.
L’Europe de la défense et la Coopération structurée permanente, un verre aux trois quarts vides?
Institut de relations internationales et stratégiques, December 2017
PESCO, the impotent gorilla
European Council on Foreign Relations, November 2017
An inclusive PESCO moves forward despite remaining concerns
German Marshall Fund, November 2017
European preference, strategic autonomy and European Defence Fund
Clingendael, November 2017
Towards a ‘military Schengen’?
European Union Institute for Security Studies, November 2017
Permanent Structured Cooperation: An institutional pathway for European defence
Istituto Affari Internazionali, November 2017
The EU’s new defense pact: Marginal gains
Carnegie Europe, November 2017
EU defence efforts miss the open goal again
European Council on Foreign Relations, November 2017
European Security and Defence: The basics
European Union Institute for Security Studies, November 2017
Time for the Sleeping Beauty to wake
European Council on Foreign Relations, November 2017
Permanent Structured Cooperation: What’s in a name?
European Union Institute for Security Studies, November 2017
The Italian White Paper on Defence: Common ground with Germany
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Istituto Affari Internazionali, November 2017
Europe slowly starts to talk openly about offensive cyber operations
Council on Foreign Relations, November 2017
Two sides of Europe’s defense coin
Carnegie Europe, November 2017
Can France and Germany make PESCO work as a process toward EU defense?
German Marshall Fund, November 2017
Developing European defence capabilities
Clingendael, October 2017
European Defence: What’s in the CARDs for PESCO?
Egmont, October 2017
The future of EU Defence: A European space, data and cyber agency?Istituto Affari Internazionali, October 2017
The defence-security nexus-towards an EU collective security
European Political Strategy Centre, October 2017
Strengthening European defence: Who sits at the PESCO table, what’s on the menu?
Jacques Delors Institut Berlin, October 2017
Towards European strategic autonomy? Evaluating the new CSDP initiatives
Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade, October 2017
How to make PESCO a success
Institut de relations internationales et stratégiques, September 2017
A paradigm shift in the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy: from transformation to resilience
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, September 2017
EU defence policy needs strategy: Time for political examination of the CSDP’s reform objectives
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, September 2017
The cybridisation of EU defence
European Union Institute for Security Studies, September 2017
Macron’s European defense doctrine
Carnegie Europe, September 2017
The EU as a 3-D power: Should Europe spend more on diplomacy, development and defence?
Notre Europe, September 2017
Europe’s insecurity dilemma
Council on Foreign Relations, August 2017
An EU army is impossible; Fortunately, it’s not necessary
Atlantic Council, August 2017
EU defense is not just for diplomats
Carnegie Europe, August 2017
The multi-speed Baltic States. Reinforcing the defence capabilities of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia
Centre for Eastern Studies, August 2017
With PESCO brought to life, will European defence live happily ever after?
Egmont, July 2017
European defence: How to engage the UK after Brexit?
Clingendael, July 2017
Permanent Structured Cooperation: National perspectives and state of play
Groupe de recherche et d’information sur la paix et la sécurité, July 2017
Alternative futures: Rethinking the European nuclear posture
Atlantic Council, July 2017
The new ‘Europe of security’: Elements for a European white paper on security and defence
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, June 2017
The ‘Macron effect’ on European defence: En Marche, at last?
European Policy Centre, June 2017
Building capacity for the EU global strategy
International Centre for Defence Studies, June 2017
Now or never on European defence
European Council on Foreign Relations, June 2017
A new era of EU-NATO cooperation: How to make the best of a marriage of necessity
International Centre for Defence Studies, June 2017
Will Europe’s defense momentum lead to anything?
German Marshall Fund, June 2017
MPCC: Towards an EU military command?
European Union Institute for Security Studies, June 2017
Fonds européen de la défense: L’UE au secours de l’industrie
Groupe de recherche et d’information sur la paix et la sécurité, June 2017
Better, faster, stronger together: 10 guidelines of reflection for a progressive European security and defence Better, faster, stronger, together policy
Foundation for European Progressive Studies, June 2017
Trends in force posture in Europe
Polish Institute of International Affairs, June 2017
Read this briefing on ‘European defence‘ on the Think Tank pages of the European Parliament.
