Figures & data
Figure 1. Three Levels of European Security Institutions with examples of interstitial defence projects.
Note: not every possible international security organisation has been listed, for example the EDA, nor every nation state. The examples given at the interstitial level are not an exclusive listing either.1 Lithuanian, Polish and Ukrainian joint brigade; 2 Organisation for Joint Armament Co-operation;3 Heavy AirLift Wing-Strategic Airlift Capability; 4 Nordic Defence Co-operation;5 Strategic AirLift International Solution; 6 Joint Expeditionary Force; 7 Combined Joint Expeditionary Force; 8 Visegrad Four Defence Co-operation;9 European Intervention Initiative; 10 Lublin Defence Co-operation;11 Central European Defence Co-operation;12 South East Europe Brigade; 13 European Air Transport Command; 14 European Maritime Force; 15 Eurocorps (including Franco-German Brigade); 16 Tisa Multinational Engineer Battalion (Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine).
Figure 2. Timeline of Interstitial military projects and major military events, 2007-2019.
Figure 3. A Typology of Interstitial European Military Cooperation: mapping the four cases.
Table 1. Ranking Interstitial Military Projects across three variables.