Clearly the only font that really counts, but that no one can really use, is โEngravers Gothicโ. It is ordained by God himself. It is a font of beauty. End of story.
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@danielfiott.bsky.social
Professor and Head, Defence and Statecraft, CSDS - VUB; and Non-Resident Fellow, Real Instituto Elcano. More on me: https://linktr.ee/danielfiott
Clearly the only font that really counts, but that no one can really use, is โEngravers Gothicโ. It is ordained by God himself. It is a font of beauty. End of story.
#Vatican
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 Spainโs approach to armaments cooperation in Europe.
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Champions League football. European greatness.
09.12.2025 20:05 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Great 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 โnuclear triadโ!
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If this โAI bubbleโ does burst, whatโs the bets Europe somehow gets the blame for itโฆ
09.12.2025 14:19 โ ๐ 9 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Christmas shopping is always difficultโฆ
Do I buy a civilisational razor or a civilisational eraser?
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...
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!". ๐ช๐ช๐ฑ๐ป๐ฑ๐น
Listen
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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
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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
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Watch it all
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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
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Watch it all
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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
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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
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Watch the Dialogue
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โOnce, 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.
But a key difference with the Trump administrationโฆ
06.12.2025 21:38 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0And more by Kissinger. European integration has always posed issues for US alliance management.
06.12.2025 21:36 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0โThe 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 belowโฆ
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Europe, even when you see reality in front of your eyes, you choose not to see or believeโฆ
06.12.2025 19:58 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Professors in the age of AIโฆ
06.12.2025 15:23 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I donโt know about youโฆ but I consider FIFA to be an โintrusive transnational organisationโ and I really donโt like it one bit ๐
05.12.2025 19:57 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0If a European team doesnโt win the World Cup next year, we can call it civilisational erasureโฆ
#FIFAWorldCup
๐ช๐บ Assessing Europeโs 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
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Join us for what promises to be a great and timely discussionโฆ especially after the new US NSS.
05.12.2025 11:03 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 027 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?
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Very pleased to have spoken with Roberts about Baltic defence cooperation! Give it a listen!
04.12.2025 07:59 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Today 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...
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!
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โNew Researchโ
We are so pleased to see this report on "Assessing Europeโs 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!
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A really great discussion! Thanks to our excellent speakers!
02.12.2025 14:14 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0In 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).
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More info
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