16: Towards More Union in European Defence
In cooperation with CEPS - Centre for European Policy Studies
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in englischer SpracheMultiple emergencies in the EU strategic neighbourhood, hybrid security threats, years of uncoordinated cuts in defence spending and rapidly evolving global trends have all eroded the EU’s role as a security actor in a multipolar world. The Common Security and Defence Policy needs to be more efficient and more effective if it is to meet tomorrow’s security challenges and promote the EU’s interests independently of any other global actors. What could be the cornerstone of a comprehensive, civil-military security architecture in Europe?
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Rudy PRIEM
Senior Government Relations Manager for Security and Defense, Europe, United Technologies Corporation, Brussels
| Rudy joined the UTC Government Relations team in Brussels on April 1st, 2010. He is responsible for communicating the positions and concerns of UTC in matters of defense, space and security to European and NATO decision makers, as well as for monitoring and advising the business units of UTC on EU and NATO rulemaking and policy decisions. | |
| Prior to joining UTC, Rudy served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Belgian Air Force. During his military career, Rudy dealt mainly with operational and acquisition logistics and he lived and worked twice in the USA (as F-16 Liaison Officer at Hill Air Force Base in Utah (1990-1994), and as Defense Cooperation Attaché and Director Belgian Military Supply Office (for FMS + DCS Purchases) in Washington, DC (2005- 2009). From 2005 to 2009, in Washington DC, Rudy was also the Head of the Belgian Delegation to the Defense MOU Attachés Group (DMAG) and founding member/first Chairman of the Foreign Procurement Group (FPG)’s Foreign Commercial Procurement Working Group (FCPWG). Rudy holds the Meritorious Service Medal for meritorious non-combat service to the U.S. | |
| Rudy is a 1984 graduate of the Belgian Royal Military Academy, where he obtained a master’s degree in Military and Aeronautical Sciences. In 2000, Rudy obtained a master after master’s degree in Public and Military Administration and earned both the Belgian Chief of Defense’s and the Belgian Joint Forces Staff College Alumni Association’s Prizes as best student. Rudy is also an alumnus of the 2011 European Session for Armament Officials (SERA) course in France and of the 2012 UTC Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) course at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business. | |
| Rudy successfully completed several other courses in Belgium and abroad, including the NATO Logistics Course (NATO Logistics School - Hamburg - Germany), the Security Assistance Management Foreign Purchaser Course (Defense Institute for Security Assistance Management (DISAM) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base - Ohio), the Logistical Support of United Nations Peacekeeping Operations Course (UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) - Dag Hammarskjöld Centre - New York) and the Basics of U.S. Commercial Contracting Course (Federal Publications Seminars - Washington DC). | |
| Since 2010, Rudy serves as the Deputy Head of the Belgian Delegation to the NATO Industrial Advisory Group (NIAG). He’s also a member of the Economic, Legal and Trade Commission at the Aerospace and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD) and a member of the Security and Defense Committee at the American Chamber of Commerce to the EU. | |
| Rudy co-chaired two NIAG studies on Transatlantic Defense Technological and Industrial Cooperation (TADIC) and is author or co-author of several position papers and articles on total quality management, performance measurement and on the U.S. export control regime. |
Ph.D. M.Sc Nathalie TOCCI
Special Advisor to the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy; Deputy Director, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Rome
| 1995-1998 | BA (Hons), PPE - Politics, Philosophy and Economics, University College, Oxford |
| 1998-1999 | M.Sc. in Development Studies, London School of Economics and Political Science, London |
| 1999-2003 | Research Fellow, Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels |
| 2000-2003 | Ph.D. in International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science, London |
| 2003-2004 | Jean Monnet Fellow, Mediterranean Programme, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute |
| 2005-2007 | Marie Curie Fellow, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence |
| 2006-2010 | Senior Fellow, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Rome |
| 2009-2010 | Senior Fellow, Transatlantic Academy, Washington |
| since 2011 | Deputy Director, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Rome; Editor, The International Spectator |
| since 2013 | Member of the Board of Administrators, Edison |
| 2014 | Strategic Advisor to the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rome |
| since 2015 | Special Advisor to the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs; Vice President of the European Commission |
Nick WITNEY
Senior Policy Fellow, ECFR - European Council on Foreign Relations, London
| Classics, Corpus Christi College, Oxford | |
| Foreign and Commonwealth Office | |
| UK Ministry of Defence | |
| Private Secretary to the British Ambassador, Washington | |
| Director-General of International Security Policy, UK Ministry of Defence | |
| 2004 | Project Leader, Developing the Concept and Blue-Print, EDA - European Defence Agency |
| 2004-2007 | Chief Executive, EDA - European Defence Agency |
Wolfgang WOSOLSOBE
Secretary General, Centre France Autriche, Vienna;Former Director General, European Union Military Staff, Brussels
| 1974 | Theresianische Militärakademie, Wiener Neustadt |
| 1977 | Infantry Officer |
| 1982-1985 | General Staff Officers Course, Austrian Armed Forces |
| 1985-1987 | Defence Planner |
| 1987-1988 | École Supérieure de Guerre Interarmées and Cours Supérieur Interarmées |
| 1989-1990 | Defence Planner; Lecturer "Strategic Management Methods", Austrian Defence Academy; Chief of Staff, Territorial Command of Salzburg |
| 1991 | Military Advisor for Disarmament, Austrian Diplomatic Mission, Geneva |
| 1992-1997 | Defence Attaché (colonel) to France |
| 1997-1998 | Commander, Austrian Special Forces |
| 1999-2005 | Director for Military Policy |
| 2001 | Brigadier General |
| 2006 | Defence Policy Director, during the Austrian presidency of the EU-Council |
| 2007 | Military Representative, Brussels |
| Major General | |
| 2009-2010 | Dean, EUMC - European Union Military Committee |
| 2012 | Director General, EUMS - European Union Military Staff |
| 2013-2016 | Lieutenant General |
| since 2016 | Secretary General, Centre France Autriche, Vienna |
Ph.D. Giovanni FALEG
Associate Research Fellow, CEPS - Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels; Consultant, The World Bank Group, Washington, D.C.
| since 2011 | Associate Research Fellow, CEPS - Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels |
| 2013-2014 | Researcher, IAI - Istituto Affari Internazionali, Rome |
| since 2014 | Advisory Services and Learning Consultant, The World Bank Group, Washington, D.C. |
| 2014 | Doctorate in European Studies, LSE - London School of Economics and Political Science, London |
| Visiting Scholar, Center for Transatlantic Relations, Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies, Washington, D.C. |
