Anna Wieslander, Director for Northern Europe at the Atlantic Council, argues that the Swedish approach to European defence leans heavily on out-of-area crisis management and civilian emphasis, with a reluctance to discuss the military side of cooperation.
Talking to Deutsche Welle Russia, ELN Research Fellow Alice Billon-Galland discusses the practical significance of EU defence initiatives.
ELN Research Fellow Alice Billon-Galland talks to Deutsche Welle Ukraine about the collaborative projects of the EU's Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) and what to expect from the latest EU defence initiatives.
President Macron suggested that Europe should develop an intervention force with a common doctrine and budgetary instruments within the next decade. Dr Alice Pannier, Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins University, looks at what such an “initiative” could look like.
The ELN's policy brief "Can CARD Change European Thinking about Capabilities", by Julia Himmrich, quoted in Carnegie Europe.
The ELN-GMF policy brief "Can France and Germany Make PESCO Work as a Process Toward EU Defence?", by Alice Billon-Galland and Martin Quencez, quoted in The National.