December - January 2011 - N°21

European Defence and NATO

TOWARDS WHICH DEVELOPMENTS  AND COMPLEMENTARITIES

EDITORIAL : Laurent ULMANN, Emmanuel LEMPERT

• Developments in EU/NATO co-operation under the Belgian Presidency
  Peter De Crem, Minister of Defence, Belgium

• The mutual assistance, solidarity, and permanent structured co-operation clause – the foundation for a common defence policy
  Ignazio La Russa, Minister of Defence, Italy

• EU-NATO relations in the light of the Lisbon Treaty
  Bogdan Klich, Minister of Defence, Poland

• Why should the European Union be a global actor in defence matters ?
  Arnaud Danjean, MEP, Chair Subcommittee on Security and Defence, European Parliament

• European defence: the pre-eminence of France and Great Britain
  Axel Poniatowski, French deputy, President of the Foreign Affairs Commission, France

• Will budget cuts lead to a new European approach to defence cooperation ?
  Claude-France Arnould, EDA Chief Executive

Developments in European Defence and NATO

• European defence: weakness or great demands
  Stéphane Lefoll, Vice-Chair, Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament

• Civilian-military cooperation and the development of civilian-military capabilities
  Christian Ehler, MEP (Group of the European People’s Party)

• The EU and NATO – A Necessary combination to face the Complexities of Today’s and Tomorrow’s crises
  Ioan Mircea Pascu, MEP, Vice-Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs

• The Challenges ahead
  General Håkan Syrén, Chairman of the European Union Military Committee (EUMC)

• Piracy - Operation ATALANTA, the EU’s First Naval Operation
  Major General Buster Howes, Commander of the EU’s Counter-piracy Mission

• What future for the EU-NATO Berlin Plus agreements ?
  Robert Walter, MP, President of The Assembly of Western European Union (WEU)

• NATO’s new Strategic Concept: the military perspective
  Amiral Giampaolo Di Paola, Chairman of the NATO Military Committee

• Reimaging Security
  Amiral James Stavridis, NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR)

• Capabilities of NATO and the European Union: prospects for cooperation
  Stéphane Abrial, French Air Force General, NATO Supreme Allied Commander Transformation

• Russia: towards what strategic relationship with NATO and the EU ?
  Dmitry Rogozine, Russian Ambassador to NATO

Europe’s industrial and technological base as a guarantee of political sovereignt

• It takes two to interoperate
  Eric Trappier, Executive Vice-President, International Dassault Aviation

• From “Spend More, Spend Better, Spend More Together” to “Save More, Save Better, Save More Together”: How to make it happen ?
  Gert Runde, Director Defence & Security ASD

• Flying unmanned aircraft into non-segregated airspace
  Paolo Carmassi, President, Honneywell Aerospace EMEI

Towards a stronger EDTIB
Antonio Viñolo, managing director of the Spanish, ATECMA aerospace industry association