Policy analyst @epc_eu, focus on security & defence + MENA region,
previously @ebsummiteurope and @GMFUS Brussels, Expert @Strategikon_tt
Views are my own
🎙️The Language of Power Podcast - New Episode Out
In this episode, Paul Taylor, @Mihai_Chihaia & @IonelaCiolan unpack the shifting dynamics of naval warfare, the role of coastal and non-littoral states, & the #EU’s newly released #BlackSea Strategy.
🎧 https://t.co/1jiUHmNJ0F
📢 The stage is set at @MerodeBrussels for the first edition of the Brussels Economic Security Forum!
Today we dive into the future of open #economic security, #trade resilience & strategic interdependence. #BESF2025 starts now. Stay tuned!
#Livestream: https://t.co/uYc1ck7s8M
Military mobility is high on the EU agenda, but progress remains slow despite its strategic importance.
@Mihai_Chihaia’s brief examines developments and highlights still needs to be done. @epc_eu https://t.co/yVrZGSPurP
It's not every day that your work is praised by a 🇪🇺 Commissioner 😊. Thank you for the kind words @KubiliusA 🙏 and congrats to my colleagues who contributed to this proposal for the White Paper on European Defence @DanielFiott@Ce_Moll@Mihai_Chihaia and #KlausWelle
A number of good ideas and policy recommendations put forward by @MartensCentre in their proposal for the White Paper on European Defence, focusing on defence production, innovation, military mobility, capability gaps, and financing of European defence.
https://t.co/x5hiJQ2hvZ
#MilitaryMobility. You’ll hear much more about this in coming weeks & months. It is basically a win-win for govs as they upgrade their country’s infrastructure & match standards needed to move military equipment from A to B. Check @epc_eu@Mihai_Chihaia & @FNFreiheit work on it
There is overwhelming support for greater defense efforts within the EU, with citizens considering it one of their most important concerns, @Mihai_Chihaia writes in our fall issue.
https://t.co/nQqA04AtDx
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“…The Defence Commissioner should become the head of the EDA and the Council’s special representative for the Defence Union, exercising oversight over PESCO…”
Some ideas in the @EPP’s brand new paper on #EUdefence - https://t.co/ZSK9TJZfb0
✔️ “Kubilius said he had no wish to duplicate the role of Nato. Officials at the US-dominated alliance have criticised the EU’s alternative set of equipment standards and procurement efforts”
👀 “Kubilius said EU defence plans could include the UK” https://t.co/yY59BFwzOD
"The risks of a more differentiated #EU are outweighed by the urgent need to overcome blockades and preserve Europe’s capacity to act."
Read more in the new @epc_eu Discussion Paper by @FabianZuleeg @almutmoeller @jaemmanouilidis here:
https://t.co/XfX8TN9gHx
🇪🇺🇨🇳|New Compendium
"EU-China relations at a crossroads, Vol.III: Business unusual"
The context of EU-China relations has shifted significantly in recent years. Mounting challenges and diverging interests pose potential threats to the bilateral dialogue.
1/17
🚨 NEWS | The Washington Summit Declaration
Read the annotated version by EPC's Paul Taylor, a journalist and think-tanker who has covered NATO since 1979, on what the 32 NATO leaders said, what they didn’t say, and what they may have meant.
Read here: https://t.co/UOBHf2uPct