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The half-failure of permanent structured cooperation is looming (v2)

12 May 202016 June 2020 Nicolas Gros-Verheyde EU defence, PESCO 4 min read

(B2) Two and a half years on, permanent structured cooperation (PESCO) is struggling to show results. And this is not

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Why Europeans fail to convince when selling military equipements

17 May 20193 February 2020 Nicolas Gros-Verheyde Acquisitions, Burden-sharing, EU defence, Military equipment, Military Erasmus 2 min read

(B2) One after the other, the results come in. When they have a choice, some Europeans prefer to buy American

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Mike Pompeo gets blown off in Brussels. The Europeans resist US lobbying. But for how long ?

15 May 20193 February 2020 Nicolas Gros-Verheyde EU defence, EU-NATO, EU-USA, European Defence Fund, Iranian nuclear energy, Mike Pompeo, PESCO, Protectionism 4 min read

(B2) The obvious pressure that Americans have put on Europeans in recent days has failed on two key issues: the

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What if a European army was a plan for the future?

13 November 20183 February 2020 Nicolas Gros-Verheyde Cyber-defence, EATC, EU defence, European army, Forward presence, SHAPE 9 min read

(B2) In addition to talking about it, the European army, we should analyse what it would mean. Let’s not try