After all these years, many of the intricacies of the European Union remain a bit of a mystery. Even the relatively straightforward aspects of economic, legal, and regulatory union have many nuances of detail. But when it comes to matters of defense, then things get really complicated. What is the role of the EU in relation to both individual states and NATO, to which most but not all EU members also belong? Fortunately, we have an expert guide in Rear Admiral Henning Faltin, the Military Advisor at EU Delegations to the U.S. and to Canada. He joins podcast editor Ron Granieri to help explain what the EU does (and what it does not do) in Europe and around the world.
Constantly we developed structures within the European Union always keeping in mind that we didn’t want to duplicate resources. That’s a very important point for most nations that we don’t duplicate to NATO…structures need to be built to have an added value capability.
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Henning Faltin is a flotilla admiral in the Navy of the Bundeswehr and, since February 2023, Military Advisor at EU Delegations to the U.S. and to Canada.
Ron Granieri is Professor of History at the U.S. Army War College and the Editor of A BETTER PEACE.
The views expressed in this presentation are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect those of the U.S. Army War College, U.S. Army, or Department of Defense.
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