What are the current and possible future commitments facing Europe internally and internationally?

With the US involved in other pressing priorities – in East Asia, in Pakistan and Afghanistan and in the Middle East as well as addressing a multi-trillion-dollar deficit at home, the appetite for subsidizing Europe’s security and defence interests through NATO is waning.  While alliances are likely to remain, the support and apparatus for collective action on common priorities is likely to change.

• In light of current changes and challenges, what are Europe’s response options? 

• Is Europe capable of deterring current and future threats to its security?  

• What are the future criteria for successful deterrence of real and potential adversaries

• Is Europe willing to finance its defence and security needs?

Probing the evolving requirements for European policy-makers, politicians, industries and militaries, this conference will examine how defence and security priorities and capabilities should be shaped to meet the challenges ahead. 

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