The Fourth Pillar of European Security Guarantees for Ukraine
Defence reform, cyber resilience, demining and veterans support in the EU’s emerging Ukraine security architecture
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About this report
The European Union’s emerging “fourth pillar” of security guarantees for Ukraine marks a potentially significant shift in the way European support to Kyiv is being framed. It is not yet a codified legal instrument, a regulation or a dedicated funding facility.
Its importance lies instead in the fact that the EU is beginning to define security guarantees beyond the established categories of military aid, macro-financial assistance and defence-industrial integration.
Key questions this report answers
- What is the EU's emerging 'fourth pillar' of security guarantees for Ukraine and how does it differ from military aid, macro-financial assistance and defence-industrial integration?
- Why is it not yet a codified legal instrument, regulation or dedicated funding facility?
- As a political architecture in formation, what actors and mechanisms define it?
- What are the implications and open questions for the framing of European support to Kyiv?
Inside this report
- SECTION 1 — Defining the Fourth Pillar as a Political Architecture in Formation
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