Chapter 12 - European security and defence: A year of opportunity and risk

Jamie Shea predicts that at the beginning of a new politico-institutional cycle, the EU and its member states will have to show their determination to assume more responsibility as an international security provider. Europeans will have to prove their readiness to produce new initiatives within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and avoid a renationalisation and regionalisation of Europe’s security, while keeping strong links with the United Kingdom after Brexit.