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Requirements for a European defense

Antonio Padoa Schioppa
History shows that a political community incapable of ensuring its own defense and security on the ground is in danger, sooner or later, of also losing its freedom. The crucial issue is simple, yet it is anything but a foregone conclusion.…

The European Strategic Compass: Entering the Fray

Sven Biscop
The Strategic Compass for the EU’s security and defence policy, to be adopted in 2022, must generate immediate action. The best way of ensuring that is to prepare new capability initiatives and, potentially, new operational engagements now,…