Nick Witney assesses the outcome of the French Presidency’s efforts on the ‘new impetus’ for European defence.

Now in its 60th year, NATO no longer provides a healthy basis for the trans-Atlantic security relationship.

As the dust of the August war in Georgia begins to settle, the EU is emerging as the nearest thing around to a winner. An article published in E-Sharp!.

On ESDP, a decade of procrastination and missed opportunities has taught us some important lessons.

The Brown-Sarkozy summit in late March will offer a great opportunity to boost defence cooperation between the UK and France. But real progress will require a determined exercise of will by the two leaders.

There are two sure signs that France’s defence review is entering its end-game: a new imprecision has crept into forecasts of when the outcome will be published (“spring”); and interesting disclosures are beginning to appear.