RT @CSDS_Brussels: ❗New CSDS Policy Brief❗. "Return on Investment? Understanding the Rationales for Increased Military Expenditure in Europ….

❗New CSDS Policy Brief❗. "Return on Investment? Understanding the Rationales for Increased Military Expenditure in Europe", by @DanielFiott. Read

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Recently, our researcher Lotje Boswinkel contributed to a report on European defence (EDINA IV) with a case study on the Netherlands. The case study looks at Dutch defence planning and future procurement. 🪖🇳🇱. Read

With the #TrumpPutin meeting in #Alaska on 15 August, why not read our scenario analysis on the ways in which the war on #Ukraine could end. A great piece by @LuisSimn and @lotjeboswinkel for CSDS.

❗New Commentary❗. "ROK-EU Digital Partnership: Present and Future", by Raluca Csernatoni for @koreaonpoint. Read🔸

❗New Research❗. "Myth, Power and Agency: Rethinking Artificial Intelligence, Geopolitics and War", by Raluca Csernatoni et al. for Minds and Machines. Read🔸

❗Media Update❗. Our very own Elie Perot was recently quoted in a @Newsweek article on NATO's new defence spending targets and how Allies might creatively meet the new 1.5% of GDP defence/security target through infrastructure projects. Read🔸

❗New Research❗. "Tech Diplomacy and the Digital International Order: The Case of the EU–US Trade and Technology Council", by Corneliu Bjola and Raluca Csernatoni for Global Policy. Read now🔸

❗New Research❗. "The Future of the EU’s Security Engagement in the Indo-Pacific: Business-as-Usual, Retreat or Flexible Adaptation?", by Fabio Figiaconi for The RUSI Journal. Read now🔸 @RUSI_org

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❗New Research❗. "Russian Counter-Trade as a Mechanism for Promoting Arms Sales and Diplomatic Influence", by Jonata Anicetti, Shang-Su Wu and Ron Matthews in the European Journal of International Security. Read🔸

"Fuzzy, Loose, Soft: NATO's New Defence Spending Targets". Our latest Policy Brief, by @Elie_Perot. Do give it more than 5⃣% of your attention. Read🔸 #NATO #Defence #Europe #Analysis #Alliance

❗New Analysis❗. "Korea and the Reform of Global Governance: Opportunities for Cooperation with the EU", by Mario Esteban and Ramon Pacheco Pardo for the Real Instituto Elcano. Read🔸 #Korea #EU

"it is already clear that allied countries will be able to claim some leeway in terms of the shape of their trajectory towards the 3.5% target by 2035". Read🔸 #NATO #Defence #Spending #5percent

What is the significance of the recent France-UK agreement on nuclear cooperation? How will it bolster European security? How are France and the UK enhancing deterrence in Europe? Join us for our latest #StrategySpeaks episode to find out. 🇫🇷🇬🇧. Listen🔸

"As a result of this lack of ambition, the digital euro has progressed slowly and seems unlikely to keep pace with the efforts spearheaded by China". Read🔸

❗New Research❗. "Choosing Not to Choose: Hedging as a Category of Neutrality", by Fabio Figiaconi for the European Journal of International Security. Read🔸

"China seeks to replicate the full financial cycle of the petrodollar system by developing a mechanism for oil exporters to reinvest yuan revenues into the Chinese economy, again using digital yuan infrastructures". Read🔸 #digital #china #currencies

"Through enhanced nuclear cooperation, France and the UK show that their vital security interests are in Europe". 🇫🇷🇬🇧. Join us for our latest #StrategySpeaks episode with Alexander Mattelaer, Elie Perot and Daniel Fiott. Listen now🔸

"NATO’s new spending targets may have created new points of contention, which will likely generate tensions and frustrations in the future, both between allies as well as within their respective domestic political systems", writes Elie Perot. Read🔸