Workshop on  feasibility and desirability of a European Defense Union

WHICH EUROPEAN DEFENSE AND HOW? 

14:00 Edward Hunter Christie, Finnish Institute of International Affairs – “European Defence: what should be done, who should do it, and by when?” 

14:30 Paola Mariani, Università Bocconi – “Developing an EU defense policy: legal and political constraints and NATO's role” 

15:00 Chiara Graziani, Università Bocconi – “Readiness 2030: The Challenges of a Defense Union” 

THE IMPORTANCE OF RESOURCES FOR DETERRENCE 

15:30 Jonathan Federle, IFW Kiel – “Who wins wars?“ (joint work with Dominic Rohner and Moritz Schularick) 

16:00 Alexandr Burilkov, Leuphana University of Lueneburg – “Contextualizing European defense: the Russian military in 2025 and beyond” - ONLINE 

16: 30 COFFEE BREAK 

FEASIBILITY AND DESIRABILITY OF THE OPTIONS ON THE TABLE 

17:00 Federico Fabbrini, Dublin City University – “European defense integration after Trump: the European defense community and the legal feasibility of its revival today” 

17:30 Rosalba Famà, Università Bocconi – “Defence Financing through the European Budget: the emergence of new paradigms” 

18:00 PANEL DISCUSSION  

EUROPEAN DEFENSE: WITH OR WITHOUT MODIFICATION OF TREATIES? 

Moderator: Viktoria Lapa, Università Bocconi 

Daniel Gros , IEP@BU 

Andrea Gilli, IEP@BU 

Massimo Morelli, Università Bocconi 

Eleanor Spaventa, Università Bocconi