European Defense and Security

With a rapidly changing and evolving global security environment, CSIS provides up-to-date analysis and policy recommendations on national and collective responses to global and regional risks intersecting in Europe

Policymakers on both sides of the Atlantic better serve their national defense and security agendas when their strategies are mindful of transatlantic interests and values. The Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program is committed to facilitating a better understanding of the European defense and security agenda, providing a forum for meetings with senior European officials, embassy staff, and defense ministers to engage U.S. policymakers and the broader foreign policy community on transatlantic security cooperation.

 
Our work includes extensive research and analysis on the transatlantic strategic partnership, emerging threat patterns, and the European security and defense dynamic, with an emphasis on Northern Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean region. In particular, the Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program has focused on assessing the impact on European security of Russia’s heightened military activity and aggression in the region.

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Audio Briefs

“Is NATO Ready for War?”: Audio Brief with Sean Monaghan

A short, spoken-word summary from CSIS’s Sean Monaghan on his white paper with Eskil Jakobsen, Sissy Martinez, Mathieu Droin, Gregory Sanders, Nicholas Velazquez, Cynthia Cook, Anna Dowd, and Maeve Stockwell, “Is NATO Ready for War?: An Assessment of Allies’ Efforts to Strengthen Defense and Deterrence since the 2022 Madrid Summit.”

Podcast Episode by Sean Monaghan — June 12, 2024

Audio Briefs

The European Union Charts Its Own Path for European Rearmament

The European Union has rolled out its first-ever defense industrial strategy, signaling a leap forward in the bloc's ambition to become a more credible security and defense player. However, doubts remain that the strategy is another false dawn with little funding attached.

Critical Questions by Max Bergmann, Mathieu Droin, Sissy Martinez, and Otto Svendsen — March 8, 2024

NATO’s Role in Protecting Critical Undersea Infrastructure

NATO has not proven capable of preventing Russian interference with European critical undersea infrastructure. But a new NATO center can help the alliance prepare for, deter, and defend against Russia's increasingly prevalent use of hybrid tactics.  

Brief by Sean Monaghan, Otto Svendsen, Michael Darrah, and Ed Arnold — December 19, 2023

The War in Ukraine One Year On

Please join the Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program for a special event marking the one-year anniversary of Russia's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

Event — February 15, 2023

The Kremlin Playbook 3

This study aims to expose a new front of Russian malign influence: the instrumentalization of values, traditions, and religious beliefs to exploit or sow divisions among Western societies.

Report by Heather A. Conley and Donatienne Ruy — December 21, 2021