The Trump administration’s plan to cut 12,000 US troops from Germany will hurt NATO, undermine America’s global reputation, help Russia by reducing US troops in Germany by a third and stoking discord among key alliance members, and waste time and money.
Slawomir Dębski, PhD, the director of the Polish Institute of International Affairs, discuses the new book he co-edited with Daniel Hamilton of Foreign Policy Institute, “Europe Whole and Free: Vision and Reality,” with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the 2019 Halifax International Security Forum. Our coverage was sponsored by Boeing and Leonardo DRS.
Diego de Ojeda, head of unit for defense and security policies at the European Commission Secretariat General, discusses talks with US officials to explain the European Defence Initiative, European Defence Fund and other efforts to improve EU nation’s military capabilities and make them more effective NATO partners as well as export control discussion with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian in Washington, DC.
Wil Van Gemert, Europol’s deputy director general who leads the organization’s operations directorate, discusses terrorism, organized and cyber crime trends with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the EU’s annual defense and security conference in Washington, sponsored by the EU and Foreign Policy.
Col. Alex Crowther, PhD, US Army Ret., senior research fellow for NATO-Europe and cyber policy at the National Defense University’s Center for Strategic Research, discusses the implications of the recent Baltimore cyber ransomware attack and German defense spending outlook with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the European Union’s annual defense and security conference in Washington, sponsored by the EU and Foreign Policy.
Pedro Serrano, the deputy director general for Common Security and Defence Policy and crisis response a the European External Action Service, discusses US concerns with European Union’s Permanent Structured Cooperation and the European Defence Fund, more quickly spotting and stabilizing security challenges before they require military action, preserving the Iran nuclear deal, China and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the EU’s annual defense and security conference in Washington, sponsored by the EU and Foreign Policy.
Amb. Jorge Domecq, the chief executive of the European Defence Agency, discusses improving European Union defense capabilities to bolster NATO, investment priorities and cooperation with the United States with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian one the sidelines of the EU’s annual defense and security conference in Washington that was sponsored by the EU and Foreign Policy.
Johan Lagerlöf, the deputy director general and head of strategy and security policy at Sweden’s Defense Ministry, and Maj. Gen. Michael Claesson, Swedish Army, the Swedish Armed Forces’ head of plans and policy who also serves as chairman of the Nordic Defense Cooperation Military Coordination Committee, discuss NORDEFCO’s closer cooperation among Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, the organization’s 2025 plan, Russia, China, cyber and disinformation threats, climate change and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview, conducted at the residence of Sweden’s ambassador to the United States, followed an Atlantic Council event in Washington marking NORDEFCO’s 10th anniversary and what’s next.
Jim Townsend, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for European and NATO policy during the Obama administration who is now an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, discusses the European Union, NATO and transatlantic relations with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.
Amb. Eric Edelman, counselor at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, discusses a new report, “US Strategy for Maintaining a Europe Whole and Free,” with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The report, co-authored by Edelman and Whitney Morgan McNamara, is among four reports in a recent CSBA strategy series.