Watchful Waiting on European Security

The state of European security may dramatically worsen in 2017 if the worrying trends of 2016 continue. Observers should watch for four big and consistent problems.

1. its inadequate response to security threats, espcecially in relations to terrorism.
2. the chronic problem of insufficient defence spending by most European states, and the attendant dearth of real and exercised military capabilities.
3. European migration challenges
4. a deepening divide between traditional elites and nationalist and populist parties.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Samuel Beckett’s European Army http://www.europeansources.info/record/samuel-becketts-european-army/

ESO: Background information: EU Defence [What Think Tanks are thinking] http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-defence-what-think-tanks-are-thinking/

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