Defending Europe, deterring Russia
Resources, readiness and resolve: what credible European deterrence requires.
Writing about European power, strategy and Europe’s place in the world - from the transatlantic debates of the early 2000s to today’s contests over security, coercion and geopolitical agency.
Why does Europe so often behave as though it were weaker than it is? The problem lies not just in its resources, but in its reluctance to exercise power and take strategic initiative.
READ →Europe is not weak, but it suffers from a psychology of weakness.
Resources, readiness and resolve: what credible European deterrence requires.
How Europe can constrain Russia’s ability to wage war and exercise coercive power.
How Europe should navigate a transatlantic relationship in which trust can no longer be taken for granted.
How Europe can organise itself to operate more effectively in a power-political world.
Four strategic choices for Europe in a world increasingly shaped by geopolitical competition.
A chronological selection of essays, commentary, journal articles, reports and edited volumes. Authorship and editorial roles are identified where relevant.
The transatlantic relationship is one example of how the questions recur while the answers change.