All or nothing? European and British strategic autonomy after the Brexit. Egmont Paper 87. September 2016

Biscop, Sven. (2017) All or nothing? European and British strategic autonomy after the Brexit. Egmont Paper 87. September 2016. [Policy Paper]

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Abstract

From the Introduction. The Member States of the European Union (EU) must continue to deepen their military cooperation. For without cooperation, their defence efforts are just not costeffective enough. Because of fragmentation and duplication, defence expenditure, even as in some countries it is rising, does not yield enough employable capability. Meanwhile the key capability shortfalls remain unaddressed. The public does expect European governments and the EU to deal with the security challenges in and around Europe however. So does the United States (US), whose strategic focus has pivoted to China and the Pacific. Washington has made it clear in words and in deeds that it will not, and cannot, solve all of Europe’s problems. The call for “strategic autonomy”, in the new EU Global Strategy for Foreign and Security Policy (EUGS) of June 2016, does not come a moment too soon.

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