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Panel discussion

Not One Centimetre: Europe’s Defence Strategy

May 16, 10:00-11:15
Livestream

Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, the wars in the Middle East, and China’s challenge are reshaping how European states assess threats and prepare for crises. No longer able to rely solely on Washington, European nations are forced to rethink their security strategy from the ground up. Beyond managing relations with the US, Europe must reckon with global risks and instability, draw lessons from high-intensity conflicts, and guard against deep strikes and missile attacks, drone warfare, sabotage of critical maritime infrastructure, space domain vulnerabilities, and cyber and hybrid pressure. Does Europe have the readiness, resilience, and, above all, credibility to deter in the years to come? And can NATO and the EU build the defence and industrial capacity to back it up?

Speakers

Ingo Gerhartz

Commander of NATO Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum

Carlo Masala

Chair for Security and Defence Studies at Bundeswehr University Munich

Hanno Pevkur

Minister of Defence of Estonia

Robert Wilkie

Chairman of the Center for American Security

Baiba Braže

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia

Moderator

Kimberly Dozier

Global Affairs Analyst at CNN