The coronavirus pandemic will harm European defense strategically, politically, and financially. To mitigate these consequences, Europeans must start shaping joint and immediate answers.

Failing to reach a compromise on EU defense policies not only affects relations between France and Germany, it jeopardizes European security.

While the EU is celebrating PESCO, Paris is preparing for closer defense cooperation outside the union.

NATO’s forward presence is meant to discourage Russia from escalating and to give Moscow reasons to seek a nonmilitary solution. Will this strategy succeed?

The defense industry is a taboo in Germany. The new government should make it a strategic element of Berlin’s security policy.

The old habits of Cold War arms control no longer suit today’s security environment. It is time for Berlin to devise a new strategy.

Berlin’s framework nations concept is the centerpiece of a new interlinked European system of defense that binds Germany to its core.