Judy Asks: Can Europe Defend Itself?

A selection of experts answer a new question from Judy Dempsey each week on a European topic in the news.

In this feature the question is: Can Europe Defend Itself?, following the victory of Donald Trump in the US Presidential Election in November 2016.

The experts this week were:

+ Davide Borsani - Associate research fellow in security and strategic studies at the Italian Institute for International Political Studies
+ Frances Burwell - Vice president for the European Union and special initiatives at the Atlantic Council
+ Fraser Cameron - Director of the EU-Asia Center
+ Paul Cornish - Chief strategist at Cityforum in London
+ Michael Leigh - Senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States
+ Sten Rynning - Professor at the Center for War Studies, University of Southern Denmark
+ Jamie Shea - Deputy assistant secretary general for emerging security challenges at NATO
+ Dan Smith - Director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
+ Ulrich Speck - Senior research fellow at the Brussels Office of the Elcano Royal Institute
+ Stephen Szabo - Executive director of the Transatlantic Academy
+ Brooks Tigner - Editor and chief policy analyst at Security Europe; EU and NATO affairs correspondent for IHS Jane’s Defence Weekly
+ Nathalie Tocci - Deputy director of the Italian Institute for International Affairs

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Germany: Trump victory to spur EU military union http://www.europeansources.info/record/germany-trump-victory-to-spur-eu-military-union/

ESO: Background information: Foreign Affairs Council, 11, 14-15 November 2016 http://www.europeansources.info/record/foreign-affairs-council-11-14-15-november-2016/

ESO: Background information: Council conclusions on implementing the EU global strategy in the area of security and defence http://www.europeansources.info/record/council-conclusions-on-implementing-the-eu-global-strategy-in-the-area-of-security-and-defence/

Carnegie Europe: Strategic Europe, 15.11.16: The End of Europe’s Comfort Zone http://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/66139

Blog: Open Europe, 15.11.16: Trump and EU moves towards ‘two-speed’ defence illustrate need for positive UK offer on European security http://openeurope.org.uk/today/blog/trump-eu-moves-towards-two-speed-defence-illustrate-need-positive-uk-offer-european-security/

Carnegie Europe: Strategic Europe, 18.11.16: Make Europe Defend Again? (by Daniel Keohane) http://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/66199

Carnegie Europe: Strategic Europe, 17.11.16: America’s European Allies http://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/66178

ECFR: Commentary, 18.11.16: Europeans will now decide what Europe will be http://www.ecfr.eu/article/commentary_europeans_will_now_decide_what_europe_will_be_7185

Blog: LSE EuroppBlog, 24.11.16: Trump’s election victory offers a clear opportunity for EU defence policy http://bit.ly/2fa6P2i

BBC News, 24.11.16: Nato chief: Trump told me he backs alliance http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38089080

The Guardian, 23.11.16: Nato chief tells EU: spend more to secure Trump's support https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/23/nato-chief-urges-higher-european-defence-spending-after-trump-comments

NATO: News, 23.11.16: Secretary General in London: UK is a strong ally at the heart of NATO http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_137884.htm

ECFR: Commentary, 21.11.16: Can governance Trump guns? European security after the US elections http://www.ecfr.eu/article/commentary_can_governance_trump_guns_european_security_us_elections_7189

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