The slow pace of the EU’s defence cooperation seems to have recently changed gear. Eager not to let the EU Global Strategy on Foreign and Security Policy gather dust in a drawer, High Representative/Vice President Mogherini has written an Implementation Plan on Security and Defence. In it, the EU has set a new level of ambition, seeks synergy with the European Commission’s defence activities, and puts core groups on defence in the realm of possibilities. This From EU Strategy to Defence series features Clingendael publications on the Global Strategy and how the EU plans 'to become credible in security and defence'. [...]