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Five thoughts from European think tanks on European defense

13th February 2013 Nicolas Gros Verheyde

(BRUSSELS2) “How can the Europeans remain credible with reduced defense capabilities? It is around this question that several researchers from European think tanks have debated. This project called "Think Global - Act European (TGAE)" mobilized no less than 16 European think tanks (*).

Five reports were thus published on February 12, each addressing an essential subject: the strategic priorities of the defense policy; the role of the CFSP in EU foreign policy; Europeans and the use of military force; maintaining capacity in times of budget cuts; the future of the European defense industry.

A final report presenting the key recommendations of the think-tanks should be published in March 2013 under the direction of Elvire Fabry, Researcher at Our Europe - Jacques Delors Institute.

Download here (by clicking on the title):

Strategic priorities for EU defense policy (in English) - Daniel Keohane (FRIDE)
Where does CSDP fit in EU foreign policy (English) - Nick Witney (ECFR)
Will Europeans ever agree on the use of military force? (English) - Jan Techau (CARNEGIE EUROPE)
How to maintain hard capabilities in times of budget cuts? (English) - Ronja Kempin (SWP)
The European defense industry's future: how European? (in English) - Jean-Pierre Darnis (IAI)

(*) Carnegie Europe (Brussels), Center for European Policy Studies (Brussels), Center for European Reform (London), Cyprus Center for European and International Affairs (Nicosia), DemosEUROPA (Warsaw), Egmont Institute (Brussels), European Council on Foreign Relations (London), European Policy Center (Brussels), Real Instituto Elcano (Madrid), Europeum Institute for European Policy (Prague), FRIDE (Madrid), German Institute for International and Security Affairs European Policy Centre, SWP (Berlin) , Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy (Athens), Istituto Affari Internazionali (Rome), Notre Europe – Jacques Delors Institute (Paris), Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies (Stockholm)

Nicolas Gros Verheyde

Chief editor of the B2 site. Graduated in European law from the University of Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne and listener to the 65th session of the IHEDN (Institut des Hautes Etudes de la Défense Nationale. Journalist since 1989, founded B2 - Bruxelles2 in 2008. EU/NATO correspondent in Brussels for Sud-Ouest (previously West-France and France-Soir).

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