Tag: Defence Industry

• EU Defence Research in Development

  Nov 18

  On the 14 November 2016 EU member states welcomed the presentation of the Implementation Plan on Security and Defence (SDIP) by the High Representative/Vice-President. The plan serves as a follow-up… more ›

• The Trans-Pacific Partnership: Defence, Industry and Strategy

  Oct 24

  The Trans-Pacific Partnership, if ratified by all parties, is likely to have ramifications for the global defence market and the US’ economic and political strategy towards the Asia-Pacific region. Although… more ›

• A Revolution Too Far? US Defence Innovation, Europe and NATO’s Military-Technological Gap

  May 1

  The United States is launching another defence innovation initiative to offset the growing military-technological might of countries such as China, Russia and Iran. However, by utilising emerging technologies from the… more ›

• A ‘Game Changer’? The Preparatory Action on Defence Research

  Apr 27

  The Preparatory Action for Common Security and Defence Policy‐related research is currently under preparation, and it will serve as a test‐bed to prove the relevance of defence‐related research at the… more ›

• Supporting European Security and Defence with Existing EU Measures and Procedures

  Oct 27

  Focusing on the support of non-CSDP policies for CSDP measures, both in the field of crisis management and defence, this study submits that CSDP cannot effectively contribute to EU external… more ›

• The European Commission and the European Defence Agency: A Case of Rivalry?

  Oct 24

  This article analyzes relations between the European Commission and the European Defence Agency (EDA) as they relate to European defence-industrial co-operation. To undertake the analysis, the article departs from a… more ›

• The European Investment Bank could help meet some of the challenges facing Europe’s struggling defence industry

  Jul 4

  European countries face significant challenges in funding defence research and development programmes. Among the most important are declining defence budgets, fierce international competition, and the increasingly expensive nature of high-end… more ›

• Defence R&D in Europe

  May 23

  Introduction Research and Technology (R&T) and Research and Development (R&D) are critical ele- ments in the production of defence capabilities: without scientific and engineering inge- nuity, technological advances in the… more ›

• One Size to Fit All? Setting Standards for European Defence

  Apr 16

  Abstract While the crisis in Ukraine may contribute to a revision of defence expenditures in a number of European countries, the task of finding the right balance between cost-effective and… more ›

• Reducing the Environmental Bootprint? Competition and Regulation in the Greening of Europe’s Defense Sector

  Mar 31

  As part of the European Union’s (EU) renewable energy and climate targets and its drive for sustainability, energy efficiency, and environmental protection, various elements of the defense sector in Europe… more ›

• No TTIP-ing Point for European Defence?

  Mar 21

  Abstract The EU-US Summit on 26 March will mark eight months since the partners decided to formally launch negotiations on a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). The aim of… more ›

• An Industrious European Council on Defence?

  Feb 18

  The December 2013 Council meeting set in motion a number of important “roadmaps” for defence-industrial policy in Europe. Now the member states, the European Defence Agency and European Commission need… more ›

• The ‘TTIP-ing Point’: How the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Could Impact European Defence

  Oct 1

  The European Union and the United States are on the verge of agreeing to a transatlantic free trade agreement. The proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership is aimed at boosting… more ›

• More Competitive, More Efficient? The 2013 European Commission Defence Communication

  Sep 18

  The European Commission has now released its 2013 Communication on defence-industrial policy. But does the latest set of policy ideas offer European defence-industrial cooperation any new impetus? This Brief argues… more ›

• Europe and the Rest of the World

  Jul 19

  There were a number of leitmotifs by which to identify the European Union’s activities in 2012. The first of these was the eurozone crisis. A second theme was the change… more ›

• Safeguarding the EDTIB: the Case for Supervising non-EU FDI in the Defence Sector

  Dec 18

  It is time for the EU member states to start collectively supervising non-EU FDI in Europe’s defence industries and infrastructures. This should be a prudent element of the nascent EDTIB… more ›