Publication

This policy brief calls for a redesign of the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP). It shows how EU member-states and Brussels institutions have ignored the need for coherent strategies, improvised important operations, and taken refuge in process as an easier option than delivering real-world change. The author highlights the strategic weaknesses that have arisen out of a lack of resolve to pool resources, modernize armed forces and deploy them. Finally, he proposes practical, politically doable steps that should be taken to put the venture back on the rails.