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📺 In March, we organised the fourth edition of the “Defence & Statecraft Forum”. We brought together excellent speakers to discuss the nature of transatlantic defence today. You can watch it again! Watch🔸 youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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“A large amount of a discourse on the need for Europe to stand together & be united is driven not just by a vision of Enlightenment progress, turning swords into ploughshares. It is driven by the anxiety that Europe could be swept off the table of world affairs.” engelsbergideas.com/essays/paul-...

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This was great!

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¡Excelente! 🔟 artículos de @rielcano.bsky.social se han incluido en la Revisión de Think Tanks del @consilium.europa.eu de marzo! ¡Enhorabuena a todos mis colegas. Lista completa: www.consilium.europa.eu/en/documents...

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Great! 🔟 @rielcano.bsky.social papers have been included in the @consilium.europa.eu Think Tank Review for March! Congrats to all authors and colleagues. Full list: www.consilium.europa.eu/en/documents...

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Would you be ready and equipped to withstand a crisis for at least 72 hours? I thank the Commission for giving me the excuse to dress like Commando. But seriously… read: webgate.ec.europa.eu/circabc-ewpp...

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Receiving invitations to speak at events that are only 1-2 days away… #stop

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Such a good and thought-provoking read on how Europe approaches the issue of critical infrastructure protection. Give it a look!

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Χρόνια πολλά για την εθνική εορτή της Ελλάδας! ζήτω η ελληνική επανάσταση! 🇬🇷 🇪🇺

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I’m old enough to remember Nuland’s “F@!k the EU” line… keep calm, invest more, build-up industry and develop those capabilities. Then words won’t hurt as much…

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You think “that exchange” was wild… you haven’t seen anything yet… 😉

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‼️Early-Bird Fee‼️ We have extended the early-bird fee deadline to 23 April 2025! Join us from 4-6 June for #Brussels360! We offer you learning & networking opportunities in Brussels on: 🗺️Geopolitics 🪖Security & defence 💶Trade & technology Apply🔸 csds.vub.be/executive-co...

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The story is far from over…

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It was a pleasure speaking to Mila Tanghe for this piece with the Center for European Policy Analysis entitled “How Long Before Europe Can Fight Russia?” cepa.org/article/how-... @cepa.org

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I’m so pleased that we could share this great discussion with a wider audience! Thanks again to the superb speakers. To followers, you really cannot miss this debate!

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My colleagues Lotje Boswinkel and Elie Perot have just published two superb papers that you should all read! Elie on France and revisiting deterrence: csds.vub.be/publication/... Lotje on long-range strike and Europe: warontherocks.com/2025/03/euro... Really brilliant!

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“Habemus Charta Alba” White Paper on European Defence (Readiness 2030): commission.europa.eu/topics/defen...

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POV: journalists and analysts calling a policy idea in EU defence “new” when it’s been buried in proposed legislation for months and months…

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Rejoice. 37.2% through my writing backlog.

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I am looking forward to helping with the discussions at the “European Defence Fund Info Days” on 2-3 April. Stay tuned. defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/european-def...

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Do give the latest episode of Strategy Speaks a listen ⬇️ I speak to Ken Endo and Eva Pejsova about how Japan and Europe are adjusting to life under the Trump administration!

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At CSDS we focus on European defence and our researchers specialise in a tech, capabilities and industry. We bridge academic rigour and policy relevance through our analysis. Some examples: 🔸 "Special Delivery? The European Council and the March 2025 Defence Summit" csds.vub.be/publication/...

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Do sign up for our new Executive Course and join me and my colleagues for a really stimulating learning experience! An ideal course for those that want to understand how Brussels really ticks! #Brussels360

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This will be an issue for a lot of European countries… any step towards a “war economy” does not necessarily mean the people will follow. It is a major problem that more tech cannot help with. States on the front lines obviously different and willing to defend their homelands.

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Such a great and timely discussion! Our speakers were amazing and covered so much ground. I’m not sure I will go to sleep more soundly tonight, but Europe is starting to ask some of the right questions now. Thanks to all speakers and audience members!

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We are underway for panel I at the 2025 "Defence & Statecraft Forum"! We are discussing defence production in Europe with an excellent panel of speakers from the European Commission, industry and think tanks. More info🔸 csds.vub.be/event/deals-...

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On the MFF negotiations: “We need an overarching approach to expenditure and revenue. Given the challenges that we face, it is important that we all approach this debate with an open mind and in a spirit of collective responsibility” www.consilium.europa.eu/media/xcjmcd...

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Parliament has spoken on #ReArmEurope and favourably too, despite the issues that could have been caused by the legal basis. Good to see! ✅ 419 votes in favour ❌ 204 against ➖ 46 abstentions www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

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Super interesting interview in our latest Strategy Debrief. Wise for Europeans to read this right now I would say…

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🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥 Independence. Freedom. To be cherished!

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A really great new course on Europe! Register to secure your place.

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“We have no eternal allies, and we have no perpetual enemies. Our interests are eternal and perpetual, and those interests it is our duty to follow.” (Lord Palmerston).

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Peace, if it comes, will be short-lived. Take note Europe.

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Europe’s (serious) intelligence agencies will today not be so much focused on what the current administration is saying (or tweeting), but how Russia and China will try to instrumentalise the messages to create divisions. There is far too much smoke right now…

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“Pour tous les maux, il y a deux remèdes : le temps et le silence.”

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A provocation…

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Some recent papers of mine: ▪️ Special Delivery? The European Council and the March 2025 Defence Summit - csds.vub.be/publication/... ▪️ Spending Our Way Out of a Crisis? The Challenges and Benefits of ReArming Europe - csds.vub.be/publication/...

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❗Novas mídias❗ Um artigo mediático com o Expresso por Ana França sobre a abordagem da UE à guerra na Ucrânia, com comentários de Daniel Fiott. Ler🔸 expresso.pt/internaciona...

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❗New CSDS Policy Brief❗ "Special Delivery? The European Council and the March 2025 Defence Summit", by Daniel Fiott Read🔸 csds.vub.be/publication/... #EUCO #EUDefence

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Here are my first thoughts on yesterday’s special #EUCO on defence. Via CSDS: csds.vub.be/publication/...

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European Council conclusions on European defence, 6 March 2025 #EUCO www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...

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"diplomatic language and sentiment is one thing, but the other is reality: what could the Europeans do for Ukraine and their own defence in the absence of a US security guarantee?", writes Daniel Fiott. Read🔸 csds.vub.be/publication/...

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At CSDS we continuously have our fingers on the pulse of European defence. Today, as European leaders meet at a time of great uncertainty for the defence of the continent, dive into our analysis and research. Learn more🔸 csds.vub.be/program/defe... #EUCO @vubrussel.bsky.social #EUdefence

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On 6 Feb 2025, the ARES Group hosted a seminar in Brussels on the challenges of building European defence capabilities. I was pleased to speak at the event. Here’s the final report with the major conclusions. www.iris-france.org/en/building-...

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In advance of the special #EUCO on defence tomorrow, here’s my latest for CSDS on the “ReArm Europe Plan”. Give it a read!

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I wonder what role European mediation played (if any) here…

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Rearm Europe “Press Statement by President Von der Leyen on the defence package” 💶 €650b (4 years) National spending 💶 €150b loans ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

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