European Security and Defence
As a foreign and security policy think tank, the continuous analysis of the European Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) is of central importance for the Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy. The further development of the CSDP, as well as security policy cooperation between the EU and NATO have a direct influence on the security and stability of the European neighbourhood as well as on European unity and, therefore, represent essential aspects of our activities. In the course of its intensive analytical work, the AIES regularly organises background discussions with international experts and makes its research recommendations available to the general public as well as to Austrian decision-makers.
Current AIES activities on the topic. Research also in the database.
Events
Complementarity of EU and NATO
06.12.2023 / AIES Research Fellow Ulf Steindl joined the YATA Conference in Athens
In the media
15.03.2024 / Defense News
Sweden and Finland have dropped neutrality. Austria still fetes it.
Statements by AIES Research Fellow Christoph Schwarz
19.02.2024 / Al Jazeera English
Two years into Russia’s war in Ukraine, how strong is NATO’s unity?
Statements by AIES Research Fellow Chistoph Schwarz
27.06.2022 / NRC (The Netherlands)
Poetins invasie is het begin van een nieuwe Koude Oorlog
Interview Velina Tchakarova
20.01.2022 / CNN
Biden reveals an uncomfortable truth about NATO's divide on Russian aggression in Ukraine
Statement by Velina Tchakarova
20.11.2021 / CNN
The EU realizes it can't rely on America for protection
Statement by Velina Tchakarova
14.06.2021 / The Probe
The Biden-Putin meet in Geneva is a spill-words summit
Statements by Velina Tchakarova
13.04.2021 / Raisina Files 2021
Is A Cold War 2.0 Inevitable?
Article by Velina Tchakarova
13.09.2020 / AP News
Greece, Turkey signal willingness to talk about sea dispute
Statements by Dr. Michaël Tanchum
Publications
Desinformation und Cyberangriffe: Europäische Antworten
Michael Zinkanell: Desinformation und Cyberangriffe - Europäische Antworten auf zunehmende hybride Bedrohungen, AIES Studies 1/2022.
Das Europäische Investitionsprogramm für Verteidigung: Szenarien und Chancen
Ulf Michael Steindl: Das Europäische Investitionsprogramm für Verteidigung: Szenarien und Chancen, AIES Studies 6/2023.
EU-NATO Kooperation: Vor dem Hintergrund neuer Mitgliedschaften
Ulf Michael Steindl: EU-NATO Kooperation - Vor dem Hintergrund neuer Mitgliedschaften, AIES Studies 5/2023.
Russlands Angriffskrieg gegen die Ukraine & Mitteleuropas Energieabhängigkeit
Livía Benko: Russlands Angriffskrieg gegen die Ukraine: Wie wird sich die Energieabhängigkeit auf die regionale Stabilität Mitteleuropas auswirken?, AIES Studies 4/2023
Podcast
20.07.23 / Episode 17 / Special Series on the EU as a global actor
EU-US Relations: A Solid Alliance in a Shifting Global Landscape?
In this episode, Associate Fellow Nick Nieschalke is in conversation with Max Bergmann, the director of the Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program and the Stuart Center in Euro-Atlantic and Northern European Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), to discuss the current state of transatlantic relations against the background of dramatic changes in the international system – above all the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
This episode is the second in a 4-part special series on the EU as a global actor. Other episodes of this series focus on the EU's relations with the China, ASEAN, as well as the African Union.
This special series is conducted in partnership with the Multilateral Dialoge Vienna of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.
Videos
Russian War of Aggression against Ukraine and its Implications on European Security
28.09.23 / A Lithuanian – Austrian Perspective on the European security architecture
Our Freedom and Security in a Globalised World
01.06.23 / Panel Discussion with the President of Czech Republic, Petr Pavel
Cybersecurity and Cyberthreats – From Consultation to Action
26.04.23 / Panel Discussion with Director Michael Zinkanell