BISA 2026 Conference

Allies, Partners and the EU in European Security

TH04

4 Jun 2026, 16:45

1h 30m

Panel European Security Working Group

Description

In this panel, authors explore the theme of alliance and partnership in European security. Varying from Arms sales, to military interventions to questions of collective identity, these papers speak to each other about how alliances are sustained and perceived in various forums of European security.

Subcontributions

• Arms Transfers in the Reassurance Toolkit: How Arms Sales Shape Perceptions of Commitment in Alliances
• Helping Your Partners in Need? French Military Interventions and the Reliability of Defence Cooperation Agreements
• Extrinsic Identity of the European Union’s Small States within the Framework of the Common Foreign and Security Policy
• The Making of 'Strategic Autonomy': The EU’s Quest for a Security Identity and Its Relations with Türkiye