Judy Asks: Can NATO and the EU Cooperate?

A selection of experts answer a new question from Judy Dempsey each week on a European topic in the news.

In this feature the question is: Can NATO and the EU Cooperate?

The experts are:
+ Cornelius Adebahr - Nonresident fellow at Carnegie Europe
+ Federiga Bindi - Senior fellow at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, director of the Foreign Policy Initiative at the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, and D. German distinguished visiting chair at Appalachian State University
+ Paal Hilde - Associate professor at the Center for Norwegian and European Security of the Norwegian Institute for Defense Studies
+ Pauline Massart - Deputy director for security and geopolitics at Friends of Europe and vice president for outreach and operations at Women in International Security (WIIS) Brussels
+ Stephen Szabo - Executive director of the Transatlantic Academy
+ Jan Techau - Director of the Richard C. Holbrooke Forum at the American Academy in Berlin

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Council adopts implementation of Joint Declaration cementing EU-NATO cooperation http://www.europeansources.info/record/council-adopts-implementation-of-joint-declaration-cementing-eu-nato-cooperation/

ESO: Background information: Joint Declaration by the President of the European Council, the President of the European Commission, and the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation http://www.europeansources.info/record/joint-declaration-by-the-president-of-the-european-council-the-president-of-the-european-commission-and-the-secretary-general-of-the-north-atlantic-treaty-organisation/

NATO: News, 07.12.16: NATO and the EU deepen ties as ministerial meeting wraps up http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_139112.htm

NATO: Topics: NATO-EU: a strategic partnership http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_49217.htm

ESO: Background information: NATO and EU press ahead with cooperation on cyber defence http://www.europeansources.info/record/nato-and-eu-press-ahead-with-cooperation-on-cyber-defence/

ESO: Background information: Can Europe Defend Itself? http://www.europeansources.info/record/judy-asks-can-europe-defend-itself/

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