Defence cooperation

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    Buying weapons together (or not)

    After many years of underinvestment in defence, EU Member States are rearming. This Brief reviews the record of European armaments collaboration and sets out under what conditions common defence acquisition and joint arms procurement make most sense (and when it does not).

    Briefs
    By: Jan Joel Andersson
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    European defence partnerships

    This Brief analyses EU defence cooperation with key partners and makes suggestions for how these strategic partnerships might be further tailored and enhanced, including the idea of ‘Institutional nesting’ as a way to reconcile overlapping cooperation formats.

    Briefs
    By: Jan Joel Andersson

  • Strategic Compass

    This Chaillot Paper seeks to inform the remaining months of negotiation on the Strategic Compass. It offers numerous recommendations and policy considerations, combining the insights of eleven expert contributors and the results of an EUISS questionnaire.

    Chaillot Papers
    By: Daniel Fiott, Gustav Lindstrom

  • European Sovereignty

    This Chaillot Paper looks at European sovereignty with case studies that centre on semiconductors, the Iran nuclear deal and EU security and defence partnerships with the United States and United Kingdom.

    Chaillot Papers
    Edited By: Daniel Fiott

  • Securing the heavens

    This Brief outlines the major space threats and makes concrete suggestions on how space can support the EU's Strategic Compass.

    Briefs
    Edited By: Daniel Fiott
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    The European space sector as an enabler of EU strategic autonomy

    This study looks at the ways in which the European space sector can be an enabler of EU strategic autonomy. It asks how should the EU understand space and strategic autonomy, what has the EU achieved in space and how this has contributed to the EU’s strategic autonomy and what...

    Analysis
    By: Daniel Fiott
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    The EU and NATO

    The EUISS and the Research Division of the NATO Defense College joined forces to examine NATO-EU cooperation from a variety of angles. Specifically, this publication analyses interaction between both organisations by focusing on the main areas of cooperation identified in the two...

    Books
    Edited by: Gustav Lindstrom, Thierry Tardy

  • EUISS Yearbook of European Security 2019

    The 2019 Yearbook of European Security provides an overview of events in 2018 that were significant for European security and charts major developments in the EU’s external action and security and defence policy.

    Books
    By: Daniel Fiott