01 Mar 2023

CEPS Ideas Lab 2023 – 10th edition

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On 28 February and 1 March 2023, CEPS Researcher Dylan Macchiarini Crosson had the honour and pleasure to be an integral part of celebrating CEPS’ 10th Ideas Lab and its 40th anniversary. He moderated a Lab Session on European security and defence with US Ambassador to NATO Julianne Smith, European External Action Service Managing Director for Common Security and Defence Policy Benedikta von Seherr-Thoss, former NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, and CEPS Senior Advisor Nicholas Nelson. In the face of Russia’s senseless war in Ukraine, the key takeaways were that Europeans must:

  • Spend better, together
  • Increase their defence industrial capacity
  • Foster defence innovation
  • Cooperate with partners when doing so

He also moderated a highly engaging session on Forging Europe’s Future with four brilliant young minds from CEPS’ 2023 cohort of the CEPS Young Thinkers Initiative with support from the US Mission to the EU.