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Perspectives on French and European Defense Policies: 2019

During the past year, Pierre Tran, based in Paris, has provided Second Line of Defense's readers of with insights on the evolution...

Not smart enough: The poverty of European military thinking on artificial intelligence

There is currently too little European thinking about what artificial intelligence means for the military. "Artificial intelligence" (AI) has...

Brexit disrupting European defence

Everyone agrees, within the European Union and NATO, that Europe needs to integrate and structure defence capacities. But all projects, from international...

European Commission: toward a comprehensive EU Defense Industrial Policy?

​After decades of near absence, the EC is becoming increasingly involved in European defense matters, until now relegated to the Member States....

Europe needs to build military assertiveness, says European Commission President

EC President Von der Leyen has lighted the way forward, for Europe’s diplomatic and Security global stance, stating that Europe needed to...