EU-NATO cooperation reloaded: the impact of European strategic autonomy
Journal: Defence Studies
Year: 2025

Renewed debates on European strategic autonomy and closer EU-NATO cooperation fall into a time of great power rivalry, a changing threat landscape, and growing complexity that require coordinated responses. External shocks such as Russia’s increasing aggression and the annexation of Crimea in 2014 as well as internal dynamics, including Brexit and Trump’s “America First” policy, have triggered both the EU’s quest for strategic autonomy with the introduction of its comprehensive defence package a