Daniel Fiott
@danielfiott.bsky.social
Professor and Head, Defence and Statecraft, CSDS - VUB; and Non-Resident Fellow, Real Instituto Elcano.
More on me: https://linktr.ee/danielfiott
More on me: https://linktr.ee/danielfiott
As usual, @maxbergmann.bsky.social and @ottosvendsen.bsky.social are asking all the right questions! Give this new report by them for @csis.org on “How Europe Can Defend Itself with Less America”. Timely stuff!
Read: www.csis.org/analysis/how...
Read: www.csis.org/analysis/how...
November 11, 2025 at 1:13 PM
As usual, @maxbergmann.bsky.social and @ottosvendsen.bsky.social are asking all the right questions! Give this new report by them for @csis.org on “How Europe Can Defend Itself with Less America”. Timely stuff!
Read: www.csis.org/analysis/how...
Read: www.csis.org/analysis/how...
Those that study war, must recognise the ultimate sacrifice paid by brave soldiers. There are Maltese among the dead too. We shall remember them all.
#RemembranceDay
#RemembranceDay
November 9, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Those that study war, must recognise the ultimate sacrifice paid by brave soldiers. There are Maltese among the dead too. We shall remember them all.
#RemembranceDay
#RemembranceDay
Here’s the Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy (CSDS) note we prepared on the Readiness Roadmap: csds.vub.be/publication/... @csds.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Here’s the Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy (CSDS) note we prepared on the Readiness Roadmap: csds.vub.be/publication/... @csds.bsky.social
Oh, this is what I love to see!
Thanks to #SEDE Chair @masz.bsky.social for using my one-pager on the “EU Readiness Roadmap” with Commissioner @andriuskubilius.ec.europa.eu Glad to support parliamentary reflections!
📸 © EU 2025 - Source : EP multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/photo/sed...
Thanks to #SEDE Chair @masz.bsky.social for using my one-pager on the “EU Readiness Roadmap” with Commissioner @andriuskubilius.ec.europa.eu Glad to support parliamentary reflections!
📸 © EU 2025 - Source : EP multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/photo/sed...
November 6, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Oh, this is what I love to see!
Thanks to #SEDE Chair @masz.bsky.social for using my one-pager on the “EU Readiness Roadmap” with Commissioner @andriuskubilius.ec.europa.eu Glad to support parliamentary reflections!
📸 © EU 2025 - Source : EP multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/photo/sed...
Thanks to #SEDE Chair @masz.bsky.social for using my one-pager on the “EU Readiness Roadmap” with Commissioner @andriuskubilius.ec.europa.eu Glad to support parliamentary reflections!
📸 © EU 2025 - Source : EP multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/photo/sed...
Things are going to function a little differently around here…
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November 5, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Things are going to function a little differently around here…
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There is a metaphor here, somewhere…
November 2, 2025 at 7:37 PM
There is a metaphor here, somewhere…
Things we love to see! @rielcano.bsky.social has been included in the “100 Think Tanks to Watch 2025” by OTT, a peer-recognised exercise! Thanks to those that nominated us.
Check it out: onthinktanks.org/wp-content/u...
Check it out: onthinktanks.org/wp-content/u...
October 30, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Things we love to see! @rielcano.bsky.social has been included in the “100 Think Tanks to Watch 2025” by OTT, a peer-recognised exercise! Thanks to those that nominated us.
Check it out: onthinktanks.org/wp-content/u...
Check it out: onthinktanks.org/wp-content/u...
A big thank you to ASD Europe for mentioning me in this write-up of a major issue for European defence. And by the way, ASD has rightfully been shining a spotlight on supply chain concerns and China’s REE control for a long time!
www.asd-europe.org/news-media/n... @asdeurope.bsky.social
www.asd-europe.org/news-media/n... @asdeurope.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 9:15 AM
A big thank you to ASD Europe for mentioning me in this write-up of a major issue for European defence. And by the way, ASD has rightfully been shining a spotlight on supply chain concerns and China’s REE control for a long time!
www.asd-europe.org/news-media/n... @asdeurope.bsky.social
www.asd-europe.org/news-media/n... @asdeurope.bsky.social
A general observation. Many seem reluctant to entertain even a brief mention of the idea of contingencies on the Korean Peninsula and/or in the Taiwan Strait… in Europe, Russia seized Crimea and many still convinced themselves war was not possible. Then 2022 happened…
October 22, 2025 at 12:36 PM
A general observation. Many seem reluctant to entertain even a brief mention of the idea of contingencies on the Korean Peninsula and/or in the Taiwan Strait… in Europe, Russia seized Crimea and many still convinced themselves war was not possible. Then 2022 happened…
Lift off 🚀 in Seoul! Fascinating meetings with foreign and defence ministries. There’s a deep understanding of European security dynamics in Seoul. Can we say the same in Europe about our knowledge of the Korean Peninsula? We need to pay more attention to cross-theatre dynamics!
October 21, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Lift off 🚀 in Seoul! Fascinating meetings with foreign and defence ministries. There’s a deep understanding of European security dynamics in Seoul. Can we say the same in Europe about our knowledge of the Korean Peninsula? We need to pay more attention to cross-theatre dynamics!
Really pleased to be at the Sejong Institute today in Seoul for a discussion on the Korean Peninsula and strategic competition. I focus my remarks on Europe’s role in case war and conflict breaks out in the Indo-Pacific.
October 20, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Really pleased to be at the Sejong Institute today in Seoul for a discussion on the Korean Peninsula and strategic competition. I focus my remarks on Europe’s role in case war and conflict breaks out in the Indo-Pacific.
Pleased to be a speaker at the ARES Group - EU seminar on funding European defence. A few moments before speaking, the Defence Readiness 2030 “Roadmap” dropped. Perfect timing!
@institutiris.bsky.social @rielcano.bsky.social @csds.bsky.social
@institutiris.bsky.social @rielcano.bsky.social @csds.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Pleased to be a speaker at the ARES Group - EU seminar on funding European defence. A few moments before speaking, the Defence Readiness 2030 “Roadmap” dropped. Perfect timing!
@institutiris.bsky.social @rielcano.bsky.social @csds.bsky.social
@institutiris.bsky.social @rielcano.bsky.social @csds.bsky.social
I have provided comments to this piece @euronews.com on the defence industry and critical raw materials.
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
October 14, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I have provided comments to this piece @euronews.com on the defence industry and critical raw materials.
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
October 12, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Sometimes the “pen might be mightier than the sword”, but we still need lots and lots of “swords” today in Europe.
#EUdefence
#EUdefence
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Sometimes the “pen might be mightier than the sword”, but we still need lots and lots of “swords” today in Europe.
#EUdefence
#EUdefence
Using the Death Star to take out Hunter Seeker drones? An over reliance on exquisite systems can only take us so far… new solutions are required…
#dronewars
#dronewars
October 5, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Using the Death Star to take out Hunter Seeker drones? An over reliance on exquisite systems can only take us so far… new solutions are required…
#dronewars
#dronewars
And so it begins! A real pleasure to get the 2025 #GRACM course underway this weekend. Proud to convene and teach on the postgrad cert. Always great to meet new course participants and to engage on questions of risk, uncertainty and crisis!
More info: csds.vub.be/gracm/
More info: csds.vub.be/gracm/
October 4, 2025 at 12:13 PM
And so it begins! A real pleasure to get the 2025 #GRACM course underway this weekend. Proud to convene and teach on the postgrad cert. Always great to meet new course participants and to engage on questions of risk, uncertainty and crisis!
More info: csds.vub.be/gracm/
More info: csds.vub.be/gracm/
Time will tell if the “Draghi Report” is a prescription for or post-mortem of European strategic autonomy.
Pleased to have spoken at this excellent Leuven GGS seminar on “The Future of Transatlantic Relations in a Geoeconomic World”.
Info: mailing.kuleuven.be/m-fb6fcc5996...
Pleased to have spoken at this excellent Leuven GGS seminar on “The Future of Transatlantic Relations in a Geoeconomic World”.
Info: mailing.kuleuven.be/m-fb6fcc5996...
October 1, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Time will tell if the “Draghi Report” is a prescription for or post-mortem of European strategic autonomy.
Pleased to have spoken at this excellent Leuven GGS seminar on “The Future of Transatlantic Relations in a Geoeconomic World”.
Info: mailing.kuleuven.be/m-fb6fcc5996...
Pleased to have spoken at this excellent Leuven GGS seminar on “The Future of Transatlantic Relations in a Geoeconomic World”.
Info: mailing.kuleuven.be/m-fb6fcc5996...
September 30, 2025 at 8:08 PM
In my latest for CSDS, I look at China’s industrial overcapacity and its effects on the European defence sector. While the EU has a range of trade defence measures, building a genuine EDTIB is the most effective way of dealing with Chinese overcapacity.
csds.vub.be/publication/...
csds.vub.be/publication/...
September 30, 2025 at 5:28 PM
In my latest for CSDS, I look at China’s industrial overcapacity and its effects on the European defence sector. While the EU has a range of trade defence measures, building a genuine EDTIB is the most effective way of dealing with Chinese overcapacity.
csds.vub.be/publication/...
csds.vub.be/publication/...
Wow! A tour de force from Josep Borrell today at the @rielcano.bsky.social @epc-official.bsky.social event on Russia’s war on Ukraine. A really lucid take by the former HR/VP on what is at stake if we lose Ukraine. Europeans have woken up to the threat, but we still haven’t got out of bed! 👏🏻
September 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Wow! A tour de force from Josep Borrell today at the @rielcano.bsky.social @epc-official.bsky.social event on Russia’s war on Ukraine. A really lucid take by the former HR/VP on what is at stake if we lose Ukraine. Europeans have woken up to the threat, but we still haven’t got out of bed! 👏🏻
Get to the core of the message… Ukraine has a fighting chance IF *Europe* steps up and helps Ukraine. Nothing has changed and Europeans should recognise this. So, what next? How else are we Europeans going to support Ukraine? More, more, more…
September 23, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Get to the core of the message… Ukraine has a fighting chance IF *Europe* steps up and helps Ukraine. Nothing has changed and Europeans should recognise this. So, what next? How else are we Europeans going to support Ukraine? More, more, more…
Fantastic! 7️⃣ @rielcano.bsky.social papers have been included in the @consilium.europa.eu “Think Tank Review” for September 2025. Take a bow: Miguel Otero-Iglesias, Iliana Olivié, Maria Santillan O'Shea, Cristina de Esperanza Picardo & more!
Full list: www.consilium.europa.eu/en/documents...
Full list: www.consilium.europa.eu/en/documents...
September 23, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Fantastic! 7️⃣ @rielcano.bsky.social papers have been included in the @consilium.europa.eu “Think Tank Review” for September 2025. Take a bow: Miguel Otero-Iglesias, Iliana Olivié, Maria Santillan O'Shea, Cristina de Esperanza Picardo & more!
Full list: www.consilium.europa.eu/en/documents...
Full list: www.consilium.europa.eu/en/documents...