BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN URL:https://lectures.london/london-school-of-economics/coalitions-of-the-w illing-in-action-the-role-of-noneu-nato-members-in-europes-security-and-de fence/calender.ics NAME:Lectures London X-WR-CALNAME:Lectures London TIMEZONE-ID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69a3fc96-cbac-46f0-a7cd-4d8cf430b1aa SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260513T065843 DTSTART:20260514T170000 DTEND:20260514T183000 SUMMARY:Coalitions of the willing in action: the role of non-EU NATO membe rs in Europe’s security and defence LOCATION:London School of Economics: In-person public event (MAR.1.10\, Ma rshall Building) DESCRIPTION:Thursday 14 May 2026 6pm - 7.30pmSpeakersIan BondAaron McKeilP ernille Riekerİlke ToygürChairProfessor Yaprak GürsoyAs Europe’s sec urity architecture undergoes a significant transformation\, this panel exa mines how non-EU NATO members contribute to European security and explores ways the EU can integrate these partners into a flexible and cohesive fra mework moving forward.Europe’s security architecture is undergoing a pro found transformation in response to new collective threats and the United States’ increasingly transactional foreign policy centred on its own int erests and its ever-challenging approach to NATO allies. In this context\, the European Union has advanced its vision of Open Strategic Autonomy (OS A)\, seeking greater flexibility and resilience in security and defence. F urthermore\, the concept of the coalitions of the willing has become a cen tral part of responding to security challenges\, starting with the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Yet\, achieving these goals also depends on how effectively the EU engages with key non-EU NATO members such as the UK\, Türkiye\, Norway\, and Canada.Against this backdrop\, the panel wil l discuss answers to critical questions\, including:What can key non-EU me mbers of NATO offer to the EU\, and does the EU truly need their involveme nt to ensure a robust security framework?How should existing EU Security a nd Defence Partnerships be enhanced to go beyond “statements of intent ”?To what extent can shared vulnerabilities and a growing sense of uncer tainty override value-based differences to create a unified front between the EU and its non-EU NATO partners?Can the coalitions of the willing in s ecurity and defence undermine the institutional integration of the Europea n Union (even if it is not a community competence)?By addressing these que stions and comparing the security positions of the UK\, Türkiye\, Norway\ , and Canada\, the discussion aims to shed light on the prospects for a mo re unified and inclusive European security architecture.Meet our speakers and chairIan Bond (@cerianbond) is the deputy director of the Centre for E uropean Reform and a former British diplomat with 28 years of service. His senior roles included political counsellor at the British Embassy in Wash ington\, British Ambassador to Latvia\, and deputy head of delegation to t he OSCE in Vienna. His earlier postings included Moscow and NATO HQ\, alon gside positions in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office focused on the form er Soviet Union\, EU common foreign and security policy\, and UK defence p olicy.Aaron McKeil is Academic Director on the MSc International Strategy and Diplomacy programme at LSE Ideas. He is a Canadian citizen and conduct ed his PhD studies at the London School of Economics. His research focuses on international order theory\, the concept of international disorder\, a nd the limits of cosmopolitan global order alternatives. Aaron’s work ex amines the sources of international disorder and the means by which states order war. His monograph Cosmopolitan Imaginaries and International Disor der is open access with the University of Michigan Press.Pernille Rieker i s Director of the ARENA Centre for European Studies at the University of O slo. She is also a Research Professor at the Norwegian Institute of Intern ational Affairs (NUPI)\, where she leads the RE-ENGAGE project on the EU ’s promotion of democracy and stability in its neighbouring regions amid rising geopolitical tensions. Her research focuses on European integratio n and European foreign and security policy\, including French and Nordic p erspectives\, and examines how strategic choices evolve within shifting Eu ropean and geopolitical environments.İlke Toygür is the Director of the Global Policy Centre and a Professor of Practice in European Politics at IE University\, Madrid. In addition\, she is a non-resident senior associa te at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washing ton DC and serves as an elected board member of the Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA) in Brussels. Her main areas of expertise inclu de European integration\, elections and democracy in Western Europe\, Euro pean geopolitics\, and transatlantic relations.Yaprak Gürsoy (@ygursoy) i s Professor of European Politics and Chair in Contemporary Turkish Studies in the European Institute at LSE.Attendees are warmly invited to attend t he event reception\, which will follow the event.More about this eventThe event is supported by the European University of Social Sciences (CIVICA). Contemporary Turkish Studies focuses on the politics and economy of Türk iye and its relations with the rest of Europe. 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