Lt. Gen. Esa Pulkkinen, Finnish Army, director general of the European Union Military Staff, discusses the potential impact of losing British officers from his staff in the wake of Brexit, EU security priorities, coordination with NATO and the United States, better planning and lessons from ongoing operations in Africa with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted during the European Union’s 6th annual Common Security and Defence Policy symposium — co-hosted with the Center for Strategic and International Studies — at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington on June 6, 2017.
