🌐 Up in the Air: What Could FCAS Mean for Common EU Defence Projects?
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🌐 Up in the Air: What Could FCAS Mean for Common EU Defence Projects?
By @danielfiott.bsky.social – @csds.bsky.social
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“The Myth of ‘Fortress Europe’ in Defence and FMS Sales”
Great work Renaud Bellais! Read this excellent paper in the new Defence and Security Law Insider, edited by Luke Butler.
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❗New CSDS Policy Brief❗
"Up in the Air: What Could FCAS Mean for Common EU Defence Projects?", by Daniel Fiott.
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My latest for CSDS on the #FCAS affair and what it could mean for the EU’s plans for common defence projects. Some preliminary reflections.
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Enjoy free access (for a limited time) to this essay in our new issue: @danielfiott.bsky.social on the dilemmas of the European rush for rearmament.
I am absolutely delighted to share with you my latest article on Europe’s rearmament with @currenthistory1.bsky.social! It was a real joy to work with the journal’s editor and I hope you like the result.
You can read it for free here: online.ucpress.edu/currenthisto...
“The war has certainly forced European firms and governments to work with Ukraine’s defense industrial base out of necessity”
Pleased to have provided comments for this The Parliament piece on Europe and Ukraine by Paula Soler Rodríguez. 🇺🇦 🇪🇺
www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article...
Our annual Europe issue is out! Featuring @danielfiott.bsky.social on the rush to rearmament, @annagbusse.bsky.social on Poland’s ambivalence about Ukraine, Smoki Musaraj on Albanian housing speculation, Emilia Zankina on the politics of corruption in Bulgaria…
"Joint projects will likely go ahead at the EU level, but they may not always be centred on Franco-German cooperation. There is a need to study the FCAS project", states Daniel Fiott in the latest Taking the Pulse by Rym Momtaz for Carnegie Europe.
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That void you feel in your life is not having, ordered and in one place, a data visualisation of all of Voltaire’s correspondents. Thank you @stanforduniversity.bsky.social.
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Why do we not name leaders anymore? Like Philippe “the Good” or John “the Fearless”? We really need to bring this back for our own historical period. Imagine the fun we could all have…
Pleased to have provided comments with peers for Taking the Pulse. European defence can survive the #FCAS blunder, but Europe has to be smarter and more committed. Not much sign of that with #SCAF regrettably but we need common projects!
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Some thoughts on #FCAS and future of European Defence industry in good Company of great colleagues @elietenenbaum.bsky.social @danielfiott.bsky.social and many more!
I very much enjoyed this episode of Strategy Speaks. Do give it a listen!
A great privilege to join @stevenblockmans.bsky.social at @europarl.europa.eu to present our report on EU #EDPCIs. Thank you to the SEDE Chair @masz.bsky.social and Team for the invitation!
Read the Report: www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en...
#EUDefence
Nice to see @delamopablo.bsky.social and Miguel Otero’s ‘The great challenge for Europe: balancing external security with internal social
cohesion’ for @rielcano.bsky.social listed in the @consilium.europa.eu’s latest forecast report.
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#SCAF #FCAS
Albright’s 3Ds:
No decoupling
No duplication
No discrimination
Europe’s 3Ds:
More deterrence
More defence production
More de-risking
Superb news! This is so good to see and vindication of all of Lotje’s great work these past years with CSDS. Great work, @lotjeboswinkel.bsky.social!
“We are crazy! Literally”.
Fo-shure.
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“If Europe rises to this moment, if it truly embraces primary responsibility for its own defense, then the Alliance will emerge stronger, more resilient, and better prepared for the challenges ahead” great speech by USWP Colby
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I’m thinking about the symbolism behind the choice of venue for tomorrow’s summit on competitiveness at Alden Biesen castle… especially the German, French and Flemish dimensions of the castle’s history 😊
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A big thank you to @hcss.bsky.social for bringing us together to discuss resilience and preparedness in the area of military mobility! A great discussion and pleasure to join
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Good to see! The @consilium.europa.eu Think Tank Review for Feb 2026 is out and 10 @rielcano.bsky.social papers are listed. Well done to all my colleagues that are listed!
The list: www.consilium.europa.eu/en/documents...
I will be speaking at this event on Thursday on “Ukraine, Europe and the EU’s Response to Russian Aggression” at the VUB. 🇪🇺🇺🇦 Looking forward to the keynote speech by Ambassador Chentsov Vsevolod.
More info here: www.vub.be/en/event/ukr...
“the United States will prioritize arms sales and transfers to partners that have invested in their own self-defense and capabilities, have a critical role or geography in United States plans and operations, or contribute to our economic security”
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