Luka Ignac

Assistant Director, Transatlantic Security @ACScowcroft | McHenry Fellow @georgetownsfs ‘22 | @DePauwU '20 | 🇭🇷 in 🇺🇸 | #NATOnerd

[Atlantic Council @AtlanticCouncil]

WATCH | As the Munich Security Conference kicks off, @ACScowcroft’s @lukaignac analyzes remarks from 🇪🇺 European Commission President @vonderleyen and 🇺🇸 US Vice President @JDVance on the first day of the conference. #MSC2025

[Scowcroft Center @ACScowcroft]

At George Washington University, @erwanlagadec77 moderates a panel with @AncaAgachi, @lukaignac, and Nora Malchin from @NATOinnovation to discuss #NATO efforts to harness emerging technologies.

#StrongerWithAllies

[Scowcroft Center @ACScowcroft]

🚨Wednesday, December 18, at 9:00 a.m. | The @AtlanticCouncil is hosting a public event “The NATO perspective: Strengthening resilience within the Alliance,” for a conversation with @MikeRCarpenter, @kprikk, and @elisabethbraw, featuring recorded remarks from @ACWLapsley!

Register below ⬇️
https://t.co/xIiE1er9oG

[Sophia Besch @SophiaBesch]

Excellent get by @KoerberIP to get the brilliant @A_Sloat back on a stage, and with some uncomfortable truths: “I’ve never been worried about Europeans doing too much”; “Europeans know what to do but no one expects the Dragon report to be implemented”… #BerlinForum

[Max Bergmann @maxbergmann]

It’s happening

[Atlantic Council @AtlanticCouncil]

To match its adversaries, NATO should leverage existing initiatives and explore cooperative solutions to address the pressing demands of defense production and innovation, write @ACScowcroft’s Kristen Taylor and @lukaignac:
https://t.co/Cvz4rr2VJL

[Luka Ignac @lukaignac]

Thrilled to share an article co-authored with Kristen Taylor on the vital role of transatlantic defense industrial collaboration. We explore how deeper U.S.-EU cooperation can safeguard Europe's strategic interests and rejuvenate its defense capabilities. @ACScowcroft

[Atlantic Council @AtlanticCouncil]

The EU must collaborate more closely with the United States on defense industrial production, write Kristen Taylor and @lukaignac.

“Failure to coordinate with the United States risks weakening both partners’ ability to address shared threats.”

https://t.co/0MhWusat5i

[Pål Jonson @PlJonson]

Today the government announced the full Swedish contribution to NATO´s Deterrence and Defence operations under 2025. Sweden will contribute ground forces to Forward Land Forces in Latvia, NATO’s standing maritime forces and Air policing. (1/2)

[Daniel Fiott @DanielFiott]

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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

[CSPAN @cspan]

President Biden at @UN General Assembly: "I decided after 50 years of public service it's time for a new generation of leadership to take my nation forward. My fellow leaders, let us never forget some things are more important than staying in power."

[Luka Ignac @lukaignac]

With Andrius Kubilius stepping in as the EU's first Defense and Space Commissioner, his task is clear: drive European defense ambition forward by prioritizing EU-NATO alignment. My latest piece 🔽

[RealClearDefense @RCDefense]

The New EU Defense Commissioner: Aligning Ambition with NATO https://t.co/6FmbArFuQ5

[RealClearDefense @RCDefense]

The New EU Defense Commissioner: Aligning Ambition with NATO https://t.co/6FmbArFuQ5

[CNBC Middle East @CNBCMiddleEast]

"There is no political will to do something like that," Luka Ignac at @AtlanticCouncil tells CNBC's @dan_murphy as Mario Draghi floats a common EU borrowing plan to boost growth.

[Max Bergmann @maxbergmann]

The Draghi report is a big deal. It is a remarkably detailed plan for the EU, coming right as a new, and potentially empowered Commission under VDL is taking shape. The report seems primed not just to shape the debate in Brussels but to set the EU's course.

[DG MEME 🇪🇺 @meme_ec]

European fortune cookies, just like the Chinese ones, but with Draghi's quotes.

[Luka Ignac @lukaignac]

A highly anticipated report by Draghi is set to rethink European defense policy and revitalize Europe's defense industry. It underscores the urgency of streamlining EU funds for defense firms, centralizing procurement, and removing merger barriers.

https://t.co/yj2iXW9GVC

[lnternationale Politik Quarterly @IPQuarterly]

A Trump win is still possible, and Germany and Europe should develop strategies to position themselves intelligently in case of transatlantic chaos, @SophiaBesch and @LianaFix write. Even if Harris wins, these efforts wouldn’t be in vain.

https://t.co/BsltQjKpMW

[Luka Ignac @lukaignac]

Honored to moderate a panel at GLOBSEC on the enduring topic of European strategic autonomy and its relationship with NATO. Great insights and discussions.

[GLOBSEC @GLOBSEC]

Today, the #GYLF2024 explored the evolving concept of European strategic autonomy, featuring @NathalieLoiseau, Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, @Europarl_EN; @TheresaAFallon, Founder & Director of the Centre for Russia Europe Asia Studies; and Fritz Rademacher, Professor of International and Security Studies at the @Marshall_Center.

The panel debated the future of European sovereignty, its effects on global partnerships, and how the EU can leverage its unique strengths on the global stage. 🇪🇺🌍

[GLOBSEC @GLOBSEC]

Today, the #GYLF2024 explored the evolving concept of European strategic autonomy, featuring @NathalieLoiseau, Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, @Europarl_EN; @TheresaAFallon, Founder & Director of the Centre for Russia Europe Asia Studies; and Fritz Rademacher, Professor of International and Security Studies at the @Marshall_Center.

The panel debated the future of European sovereignty, its effects on global partnerships, and how the EU can leverage its unique strengths on the global stage. 🇪🇺🌍