Almost eighteen months into the Trump administration, much of the traditional partnership between the United States and Europe is under severe, and in many ways …
Tag: 2018
Priorities for Central Europe ahead of NATO Brussels Summit
At the 2018 NATO Brussels Summit, Central European states will celebrate between 15 and 20 years of NATO membership. This presents a unique opportunity to analyze the current …
The Three Dimensions of Europe’s Defense Debate
Against the backdrop of quickly evolving European and transatlantic security affairs, this year and the next will be decisive in Franco–German defense cooperation. After …
A Perennial Candidate Waits for NATO to Open its Door
The Republic of Macedonia was included in NATO’s Membership Action Plan process at the Washington Summit in 1999 and has since remained in the waiting room. Nonetheless, the people and political elite’s enthusiasm for the Alliance has not declined, as its core values connect closely to Macedonians.
The Alliance’s evolving posture: towards a theory of everything
As NATO approaches yet another Summit, a flurry of academic and non-governmental expert advice and opinion is once again flooding the media space on how to adapt NATO in an unpredictable and fast-changing world. This is a very welcome, important and necessary public debate.
Security Needs a New Narrative
BRUSSELS — NATO is currently moving into its new, modern headquarters in Brussels. Allied chiefs of defense had their first inaugural meeting on May 16 in the new place to review key military deliverables ahead of the Defense Ministerial in June and the Summit in July. Discussions focused, among other things, on deterrence and modernization. But one form of modernization is not yet given enough attention: inclusion.
Georgia Looks to the NATO Brussels Summit
Since 1949, NATO’s membership has increased from 12 to 29 countries. Successive rounds of NATO enlargement have enhanced international security. Euro-Atlantic integration …
Transatlantic Views on Inclusive Security
GMF’s Office of Transatlantic Leadership Initiatives hosted Mission Critical: Inclusive Leadership for the Security Sector in July 2017. This was the third convening of …
Sweden, Finland, and NATO
Burden-sharing and NATO’s role in counterterrorism have been at the forefront of discussions about the Alliance in recent months, but as NATO’s relations with Russia continue …
EU Military Cooperation and National Defense
Since the U.K.’s vote to leave the EU in June 2016, a plethora of new initiatives to bolster EU military cooperation have emerged. There is some political opportunism at …
Beyond European Versus Transatlantic Defense
Over the past year, European defense collaboration has arguably made more progress than in the past decade. Significantly, unlike past attempts to deepen European defense, …
EU–NATO Cybersecurity and Defense Cooperation: From Common Threats to Common Solutions
The EU and NATO are targeted by the very same vectors, notably by cybercrime syndicates, politically motivated non-state actors, and sophisticated state actors. These …
Countering the Islamic State in Germany and Abroad: German-American Policy Options
Germany faces a threat from transnational terrorist groups it has not seen since the heyday of the Red Army Faction’s attacks on West German public institutions in …
John Manza Gives NATO an “F” in Projecting Stability
As a core element of its mission to strengthen transatlantic cooperation, GMF engages the key questions affecting the future of the global Atlantic security architecture. NATO …
German Ambassador to Ukraine on the Future of Defense Cooperation
New leadership on both sides of the Atlantic are considering their priorities against the realities of continued instability inside and outside Europe. While NATO looks East …
