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Commentary

Europe needs 360º resilience and the private sector is key

The recent UK Strategic Defence Review and the French National Strategic Review both stress the importance of the readiness of European countries to withstand and recover from a wide variety of threats. ELN network member Nicholas Dungan writes that business leaders need to seize the initiative and assume their own responsibility for the implementation of a whole-of-society comprehensive security model across the European continent, together with their political and military counterparts.

2 September 2025 | Nicholas Dungan
DefenceEuropeSecurityELN
Commentary

Network reflections: U.S.-Russia Summit

Trump and Putin are due to meet on Friday to discuss ending the war in Ukraine. In light of the EU leaders’ statement of 12 August that any deal must respect Ukraine’s sovereignty and involve Kyiv, we asked ELN network members what can and what should European governments do to ensure that Washington and Russia act upon those principles? How can the EU influence the outcome of the bilateral talks, sustain transatlantic unity, and prepare for different possible outcomes?

14 August 2025 | Alexandra Dienes, Nicholas Dungan, Anatoliy Grytsenko, Imants Liegis, Yauheni Preiherman and Carsten Sondergaard
Network ReflectionsDefenceDiplomacyEUEuropeForeign policyRussiaRussia-West RelationsTransatlantic relationsUnited StatesELNYGLN
Commentary

A tale of two summits

Around the political NATO Summit in the Hague last week, with its limited ambition to make Donald Trump happy again, a less visible and much more productive summit occurred, writes ELN Senior Network Member Nicholas Dungan. Concentrating on what Europe needs to do to increase European deterrence, efficiency, and resilience, it produced sound thinking and actionable proposals.

1 July 2025 | Nicholas Dungan
Euro-Atlantic SecurityRussia-West relationsDefenceEUEuropeNATOSecurityUkraineUnited StatesELN