While attention today is rightly focused on public health, Europeans should not overlook the other sources of risk looming over their security.

Slovakia needs a renewed "Castle strategy" of defense in today’s increasingly hostile international environment, particularly through a reinforced security cooperation between the EU and NATO. 

The tensions underlying Greek-Turkish relations transcend time and persist, over immigration and maritime sovereignty rights.

Finland is confronted with increasing geopolitical and geoeconomic rivalries, deriving from global challenges and coupled with great power tensions that add to its key security challenges.

For this fourth chapter of Stronger Together, we have asked Ronja Kempin to shed light on the position of the German government and draw conclusions from it to further the discussion on European defense.

A common European defense strategy is at the core of Italy's foreign policy. Karolina Muti analyses the way forward, especially with the ambitions of a new government. 

Poland is well-known for its skepticism towards an autonomous European security. Some of its views could nonetheless strengthen the supranational entity's aim for common defense.