European Defence Markets and Industries

New Initiatives, New Challenges

Authors

  • Visiting Professor and Security and Defence Editor at the Institute for European Studies. He holds a PhD on European defence- -industrial cooperation by the Free University of Brussels (IES), where he lectured on various aspects of European security, with a specific focus on defense industrial issues.

Abstract

The author discusses how the excessive focus of European countries on national priorities have been leading to a number of structural problems, in the European defence market, related to international competition, military redundancies and unnecessary costs. The article reflects on the recente efforts by the EU to support the Europen Defense and Technological Industrial Base and it concludes with some thoughts on the challenges facing the EU and the European defence market. The paper is structured in three major parts. First, it provides na overview of recent initiatives on EU defence. Second, it examines the latest developments designed to turn these initiatives into action. Third, it concludes by outlining some strategic elements important in the context of future European defence, notably the required balance between the political will of Member States, the European financial incentives for defence and the potential interest of European industry on these incentives.

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Published

2024-08-22

Issue

No. 150 (2018): European Defence

Section

Artigos