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Professor and Head, Defence and Statecraft, CSDS - VUB; and Non-Resident Fellow, Real Instituto Elcano. More on me: https://linktr.ee/danielfiott

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Clearly the only font that really counts, but that no one can really use, is โ€œEngravers Gothicโ€. It is ordained by God himself. It is a font of beauty. End of story.

#Vatican

11.12.2025 20:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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It is a pleasure for me to share with you my latest analysis for @aresgroup-eu.bsky.social, which I had the great honour of co-authoring with my dear @rielcano.bsky.social colleague Fรฉlix Arteaga. We look at Spainโ€™s approach to armaments cooperation in Europe.

www.iris-france.org/en/which-typ...

11.12.2025 14:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Champions League football. European greatness.

09.12.2025 20:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Great discussions about the future of nuclear deterrence this morning at CSDS. A foreboding sky perhaps, but @atjmattelaer.bsky.social, @elieperot.bsky.social and P. Wouters were the perfect โ€œnuclear triadโ€!

@csds.bsky.social

09.12.2025 19:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If this โ€œAI bubbleโ€ does burst, whatโ€™s the bets Europe somehow gets the blame for itโ€ฆ

09.12.2025 14:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Christmas shopping is always difficultโ€ฆ

Do I buy a civilisational razor or a civilisational eraser?

08.12.2025 18:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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European Defence Industry Programme: Council gives final approval The Council adopted the European Defence Industry Programme to boost the EUโ€™s defence readiness, strengthen the European defence industry and ensure that the EU is better equipped to act and deal with...

The European Defence Industry Programme (EDIP) Regulation will be signed on 17 December 2025 and published in the official journal.

www.consilium.europa.eu/fr/press/pre...

08.12.2025 15:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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What is the state of defence cooperation in the Baltic Region? In this wide-ranging discussion for Strategy Speaks, Daniel Fiott speaks with Roberts Kits about how to develop closer defence industrial ties between the "Baltic Tigers!". ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น

Listen
podcasts.apple.com/be/podcast/s...

08.12.2025 15:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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In one of our latest Strategy Speaks podcast episodes, Daniel Fiott speaks with Tae-Eun Song and Myong-Hyun Go about South Korean policy in the wake of the Trump administration and the need to deepen cooperation with Europe. A very timely discussion!

Listen
podcasts.apple.com/be/podcast/s...

08.12.2025 15:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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If you missed the Brussels Indo-Pacific Dialogue on 2 Dec 2025, never fear! Join Amb Angus Campbell, Amb Saurabh Kumar, Oriana Skylar Mastro and Daniel Fiott for a rewatch on YouTube!

Watch Panel I
youtu.be/vbw1twgLgDI?...

Watch it all
youtube.com/watch?v=Rq4C... #IndoPacific

07.12.2025 15:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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If you missed the Brussels Indo-Pacific Dialogue on 2 Dec 2025, never fear! Join Marรญa Martรญn Prat, Christoph Luykx, Kazuto Suzuki and Antonio Calcara for a rewatch on YouTube!

Watch Panel I
youtu.be/q-_0idH6Ijg?...

Watch it all
youtube.com/watch?v=Rq4C... #IndoPacific

07.12.2025 15:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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If you missed the Brussels Indo-Pacific Dialogue on 2 Dec 2025, never fear! Join Belรฉn Martinez Carbonell, Radmila ล hekerinska and Luis Simรณn for a rewatch on YouTube!

Watch the High-Level Panel
youtu.be/-bmXjzwSdFY?...

Watch it all youtube.com/watch?v=Rq4C...

#IndoPacific

07.12.2025 15:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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If you missed the Brussels Indo-Pacific Dialogue on 2 December 2025, never fear! Join Karel De Gucht, Amb Osamu Izawa, Amb Ryu Jeonghyun and Luis Simรณn for a rewatch on YouTube!

Watch the introductory remarks
youtu.be/Rq4Ch6QlrkM?...

Watch the Dialogue
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rq4C... #IndoPacific

07.12.2025 15:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œOnce, men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave themโ€.

Frank Herbert, Dune.

07.12.2025 22:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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But a key difference with the Trump administrationโ€ฆ

06.12.2025 21:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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And more by Kissinger. European integration has always posed issues for US alliance management.

06.12.2025 21:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€œThe United States has global interests and responsibilities. Our European allies have regional interests.โ€

Henry Kissinger, on the transatlantic alliance in 1973. Read the lines belowโ€ฆ

www.cvce.eu/content/publ...

06.12.2025 21:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Europe, even when you see reality in front of your eyes, you choose not to see or believeโ€ฆ

06.12.2025 19:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Professors in the age of AIโ€ฆ

06.12.2025 15:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I donโ€™t know about youโ€ฆ but I consider FIFA to be an โ€œintrusive transnational organisationโ€ and I really donโ€™t like it one bit ๐Ÿ™ƒ

05.12.2025 19:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If a European team doesnโ€™t win the World Cup next year, we can call it civilisational erasureโ€ฆ

#FIFAWorldCup

05.12.2025 18:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Assessing Europeโ€™s Resilience and Preparedness in an Era of Strategic Risksย  ย  - HCSS Europeโ€™s resilience is still situational, not systemic, concludes a new joint HCSS and CSDS report. The report finds that Europeโ€™s ability to withstand hybrid shocks remains uneven, with civilโ€“militar...

๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ Assessing Europeโ€™s Resilience and Preparedness in an Era of Strategic Risks
By Hans Horan, Pieter-Jan Vandoren, @danielfiott.bsky.social and Jan Feldhusen โ€“ @hcss.bsky.social with @csds.bsky.social
hcss.nl/report/asses...

05.12.2025 10:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Join us for what promises to be a great and timely discussionโ€ฆ especially after the new US NSS.

05.12.2025 11:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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27 years ago to the day, 4 December 1998, France and the UK signed the St Malo Declaration. Its aims are as noble today as they were back in the relative calm of the late 90s.

What have we done to truly strengthen European defence since 1998?

www.cvce.eu/content/publ...

04.12.2025 20:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Very pleased to have spoken with Roberts about Baltic defence cooperation! Give it a listen!

04.12.2025 07:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Today the European Union released its new strategies for economic security and raw materials:

The Joint Communication on EU economic security can be found here: circabc.europa.eu/ui/group/7fc...

And the RESourceEU Action Plan is here: single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/document/dow...

03.12.2025 18:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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It was a real treat to work with @atjmattelaer.bsky.social on a chapter focusing on a little thought experiment: how could Europe act in case of a military contingency on the Korean Peninsula. This whole volume is great!

Read (pg. 25): csds.vub.be/publication/...

03.12.2025 15:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ—New Researchโ—

We are so pleased to see this report on "Assessing Europeโ€™s Resilience and Preparedness in an Era of Strategic Risks" published! It was excellent working with @hcss.bsky.social on the report and we think it's an absolute must-read!

Read
hcss.nl/report/asses...

03.12.2025 15:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A really great discussion! Thanks to our excellent speakers!

02.12.2025 14:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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In our third panel, Antonio Calcara leads a discussion on geoeconomics and great power rivalry at our 4th Brussels Indo-Pacific Dialogue with Marรญa Martรญn Prat (DG Trade), Christoph Luykx (IMEC) and Kazuto Suzuki (IoG).

#IndoPacific

More info
csds.vub.be/event/brusse...

02.12.2025 14:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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