Reinforcing European defence with deeper and wider partnerships

The continued economic rise of China, the question the position of NATO and the transatlantic bond. [...] How to involve third countries? According to the last GLOBSEC study ( Deepening strategic partnerships and alliances fuxA), most EU Member States are open to the possibility of An assessment of EU defence capabilities and the range of participating in emerging EU defence initiatives and structures threats confronting it underpins a shared understanding that a of like-minded stat. [...] Similarly, the EU countries and the opportunities the partnership could lead Strategic Compass ( ), which is in the to (for example in PESCO projects, Common Defence and making, intends to foster a strategic deepening of EU relations Security Policy (CSDP) missions, the EDF, or cooperation with with its partners. [...] research and development increasing exponentially with each There is no doubt that the United Kingdom will have a special subsequent generation of technology, the latter manifests in role in the EU framework, once it is willing and ready to discuss the approaches of major EU Member States in addressing gaps mutually beneficial cooperation with the CSDP. [...] As the EU aims to bolster its position on the global it has not always been possible either in terms of the defence stage, it will be crucial to define and project to the outside industrial dimension or at the operational level.