NATO–EU Strategic Priority: Forward Defence & Eastern Flank Deterrence
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About this report
For NATO and its partners, “Forward Defence & Eastern Flank Deterrence” arose as a direct response to Russia’s aggressive revisionism and the radically altered European security landscape after 2014 and especially 2022.
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 shattered post-Cold War assumptions and confirmed that Moscow is “the most significant and direct threat to Allies’ security and to peace and stability in the Euro-Atlantic area” .
Key questions this report answers
- What strategic problem does Forward Defence & Eastern Flank Deterrence address in response to Russian revisionism after 2014 and 2022?
- How does the multidomain operational architecture and the tactical/capability requirements shape eastern-flank posture?
- What administrative, regulatory and industrial implementation challenges affect deterrence?
- What structural bottlenecks, dependencies and implications for companies, technologies and capital arise?
Inside this report
- Operational Dimension and Multidomain Architecture
- Tactical and Capability Requirements
- Administrative, Regulatory and Industrial Implementation
- Structural Bottlenecks and Strategic Dependencies
- Implications for Companies, Technologies, Research and Capital
Who it's for
Strategy, corporate-development and investment teams that need an ecosystem-level view — budgets, industrial capacity and technology landscapes — before committing capital or capacity.
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DFM reports are built from primary and official sources — TED procurement notices, CORDIS and the EU Funding & Tenders Portal, EIB operations, the NATO Innovation Fund portfolio, SIPRI data, official budget documents and company disclosures — read together with the underlying legal texts. Sources are cited in the document; it reflects them as of its publication date (27 November 2025). You receive a 26-page PDF, watermarked to you on every page, delivered on the confirmation page and by e-mail immediately after checkout (personal link valid 72 hours, up to 5 downloads). Guest checkout, single-user licence — Terms of Sale.
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