Setting the Tone
The 2013 French defence White Paper presents a strategic analysis and capability assessment that address the pressing concerns posed by austerity cuts to defence budgets, instability in Europe's neighbourhood, and US rebalancing towards the Asia-Pacific. It proposes ways in which France – and Europe – can remain strategically relevant in this changing environment. In doing so, argues Luis Simón, the White Paper provides a useful blueprint for the European Council meeting in December 2013.
And what will Europe do? The European Council and military strategy. Security Policy Brief No. 46, May 2013
Important decisions on Europe’s military 
capabilities are expected from the 
December 2013 European Council. But 
why? What do Europeans actually want to 
do with their capabilities? The answer to 
that question would be the crowning piece 
of the European Council’s decisions.
A work in progress: The bush doctrine and its consequences
The U.S. strategic revision remains a work in progress. The United States and its allies can, and should, together redefine “imminent threat” in the post‐September 11 world while fleshing out the doctrinal and operational implications of new strategic approaches.