Senior Policy Analyst @eu_iss | Non-resident associate fellow @cer_eu focusing on European defence| PhD from @KingsCollegeLon
Joined July 2016
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Luigi Scazzieri retweeted
(1/19) Europe finally seems ready to act against China’s predatory economic policies (Industrial Accelerator Act, etc)…
Great! But beware: Beijing can escalate much further in derailing European defence and other industries…
Its critical raw material weapon remains intact…
Luigi Scazzieri retweeted
@LScazzieri and I wrote a short commentary for @EU_ISS assessing the damage of the conflict for Europe - and suggesting a way to enhance the resilience of the continent's defence build-up. Read below:
The Iran war exposes Europe’s risky reliance on US defence support. To secure their rearmament, Europeans must boost domestic production, deepen cooperation with Ukraine & anchor US production in Europe, argue @LScazzieri & @gspataf95.
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Luigi Scazzieri retweeted
Defence clusters are Europe's best bet to boost military capabilities via deeper industrial & operational cooperation, writes @LScazzieri.
From @eurofighter to @EATC_, bilateral/minilateral initiatives are not new and have only gained momentum since 2022. iss.europa.eu/publications/b…
ALT Infographic titled "The European Air Transport Command (EATC) – A model for multi-national cooperation". It shows Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Spain delegating national air transport assets to the EATC under a "revocable delegation of authority". The EATC helps pool and coordinate aircraft for air transport, air-to-air refuelling and aeromedical evacuation missions. A map highlights participating countries in Europe.
Luigi Scazzieri retweeted
Grateful for the strong turnout & rich discussions at #EUISS2025 yesterday! Europe’s strategic community came together around one key question: how can the EU act with power & purpose in a world of escalating challenges?
Luigi Scazzieri retweeted
Alaska & DC summits: While Europe bought time and kept Ukraine central to transatlantic diplomacy, Trump remains unreliable, Putin's cooperation unlikely, and battles over security guarantees loom.
@sbeverts, @oditrych, @LScazzieri & @gspataf95 chime in. iss.europa.eu/publications/c…
ALT Quote: The critical next step is to define the now dangerously vague proposals for security guarantees - clarifying what concrete commitments European countries and the United States are prepared to make. — Steven Everts, 'Where do we stand after the Alaska and Washington Summits?'
Luigi Scazzieri retweeted
As Zelensky & Trump will meet at the #NATOSummit, @LScazzieri explains that Europeans can offset declining US aid to Ukraine. How?⤵️
🛒 Buy equipment for Kyiv from 🇺🇸
📈 Ramp up production in 🇪🇺 & 🇺🇦
🛰️ Invest in missing capabilities
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Luigi Scazzieri retweeted
How can the EU #UnpowerRussia?
Join us as we unpack Moscow's strengths & weaknesses, and how Europe can turn the tables.
🗓️ 4 June
🕙 11 am
➡️ Register linkedin.com/events/unpoweri…
Luigi Scazzieri retweeted
📢 We are thrilled to welcome @LScazzieri as our new Senior Policy Analyst for Common Security and Defence Policy (#CSDP)!
👋 Welcome to the EUISS team, Luigi!
ALT Welcome to the EUISS team! Luigi Scazzieri is our new Senior Policy Analyst for Common Security and Defence Policy
Luigi Scazzieri retweeted
The scope for EU-UK defence co-operation could grow if the EU continues to strengthen defence co-operation with accession candidates.
New @CER_EU policy brief by @LScazzieri
Read here: buff.ly/SCGqDX4
I was very pleased to contribute my thoughts to this meeting in Westminster
The EU and the UK are natural and essential defence partners. They need to elevate that dimension of cooperation over other elements of their relationship that aren't always smooth
Luigi Scazzieri retweeted
Another cracker by @LScazzieri Another nail in the coffin (hopefully) of 'third country like any other'....
"Linking the UK to EU defence tools as closely as possible would strengthen the pan-European defence industrial base and make a decisive contribution to Europe’s security. Failure to work together will only make Europe weaker" cer.eu/publications/archive/…
Luigi Scazzieri retweeted
Either structure could help with quickly increasing defence spending, he added. “A big, co-ordinated injection of capital,” @LScazzieri of @CER_EU said, would signal “strong political will by European countries to step up for European defence”.
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Very pleased to see this contribution out:
📄 WHAT IS THE PERCEPTION OF DEFENCE INDUSTRIAL PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE EDTIB BY NON-EU COUNTRIES? The Case of the #UnitedKingdom
By @LScazzieri, Assistant Director @CER_EU
📍 READ THE COMMENT : iris-france.org/en/what-is-t…
#ARESGroup #EDTIB #Europe #UK
Luigi Scazzieri retweeted
🆕 @CER_EU policy brief by @LScazzieri takes stock of the EU’s involvement in defence, its challenges and its prospects. #DefenceUnion
Read here: buff.ly/3PX8maY
Luigi Scazzieri retweeted
How serious is Donald Trump about Greenland?
@ConStelz @CER_IanBond and @LScazzieri discuss the new President's foreign policy on the CER Podcast. Listen below:
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Luigi Scazzieri retweeted
New short piece from @LScazzieri and myself on the raging European defence funding debate.
Based on our longer policy brief on the subject.
Luigi Scazzieri retweeted
“There’s disappointment in how the Labour government has approached the EU and Brussels. ...there’s little to discuss with the EU until the UK internally sorts out what it wants as a package and that’s not happened yet,” said @LScazzieri of the @CER_EU.
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Luigi Scazzieri retweeted
As @LScazzieri and I argued in our paper last month, a defence fund with a "coalition of the willing" has advantages:
- No need to wait for consensus at EU-27
- Include non-EU members
But a guarantee fund-design (per FT reporting) has downsides
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cer.eu/publications/archive/…
Luigi Scazzieri retweeted
Bloomberg calls on the EU to get serious about common defence spending, linking @LScazzieri and my paper.
There are even more difficult obstacles than funding. Europe's military planners will need to tell us what kit they need in a 10Y plan of sorts 1/
bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
Luigi Scazzieri retweeted
🤔How do we finance a world-class defence industry in 🇪🇺❓
This is the question @LScazzieri, Paweł Karbownik, Jarosław Jarząbek, and Cordelia Buchanan Ponczek will be pondering in the relevant session of DAY 2⃣ at the #PolishPPC🇵🇱
Learn more & register 🌐 tepsa.eu/policy-advice/secur… @CER_EU @MF_GOV_PL @uniwroc @FIIA_fi @ISE_UJ @VisegradInsight
