After a year of war in Ukraine, several calls were made at European level to arm the Ukrainian war effort: tanks, planes, guns, drones. However, this war has revealed that the European defence industry was sized for decades to produce the minimum necessary in peacetime. How can we continue to help Ukraine under these circumstances? What room for manoeuvre does the EU have in relation to its member states and NATO? How can we meet the logistical challenges posed by the presence of weapons of different origins? Is Europe up to the task of providing military assistance to the United States and the United Kingdom?

We are pleased to welcome Pierre Haroche, Lecturer in International Security at Queen Mary University of London and author of the forthcoming study “A Europe that Protects? European security guarantees for Ukraine”.