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If former U.S. president Donald Trump was a wake-up call for Europeans that they need to take more responsibility for security and defense, Europe lost too much time in the past four years discussing abstract notions of strategic autonomy while making only piecemeal progress toward becoming a more capable security actor. 1 With the new administration of U.S. President Joe Biden recommitting the United States to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the challenge facing Europe could be the very opposite: how to avoid relapsing into complacency and lazy transatlanticism. Instead, Euro...

Languages Biography Gustav Gressel is a senior policy fellow with the Wider Europe Programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations’ Berlin office. His topics of focus include Russia, Eastern Europe, and defense policy. Before joining ECFR, Gressel worked as a desk officer for international security policy and strategy in the Bureau for Security Policy of the Austrian Ministry of Defence from 2006 to 2014, and as a research fellow of the Commissioner for Strategic Studies with the Austrian MoD from 2003 to 2006. He was also a research fellow with the International Institute for ...

Anthony Dworkin, Ellie Geranmayeh, Hugh Lovatt, and Tarek Megerisi Victory for Joe Biden is likely to bring three big policy shifts in the region, opening new possibilities and challenges for Europeans. by Tarek Megerisi European countries should try to revive the political approach to resolving the Libya conflict, particularly given that Turkey may want to do so from its current position of strength. by Ivan Krastev and Mark Leonard European countries should try to revive the political approach to resolving the Libya conflict, particularly given that Turkey may want to do so from its curre...

Special Report: Ireland's defence shortcomings a clear and present danger to global stability Ireland's shortcomings in its airspace policing, maritime security and cyber defence are not only problematic for our national interest but could also threaten global stability, writes our Security Correspondent Cormac O’Keeffe Mon, 07 Dec, 2020 - 06:30 Cormac O'Keeffe Security Correspondent Ireland's shortcomings in its airspace policing, maritime security and cyber defence are not only problematic for our national interest but could also threaten global stability, which has led to calls for the ...