Keynote Lecture at Annual EU-NATO informal Staff Talks

On 28 November 2013, I was invited to deliver the keynote speech at the Annual EU-NATO Staff Talk Roundtable.
This Roundtable brings together senior military leaders and political officials from NATO and the European Union in order to chart out common strategies and approaches to emerging security challenges. This year’s roundtable focused on Maritime Security and Military Capacity-Building. My lecture kicked off the discussions with a speech on “The Future of EU-NATO Relations: Legitimacy through Action”. The lecture emphasised the importance of overcoming political deadlocks that have hampered the partnership between both organizations and sketched out some concrete projects and initiatives for strengthening cooperation in the field.

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