Defending Europe, That is the Question

By Daniel Fiott

24.7.2024

Trans-European Policy Studies Association

As the European Union increasingly seeks to assert itself in a difficult geopolitical world, the question of how to ensure European security and defence has become more and more prominent. The context of Europe’s hard security having been ensured by NATO since the 1950s, a setup in which the role of the United States is crucial, has clashed with the current reality of new threats emerging in a rapidly changing world and of Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine. With a potential second Trump Presidency in America, the question of Europe making its own way in security and defence must be addressed.

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