Defence

Who controls the defence industry?

The defence industry is gaining importance in Europe, but the methods by which states exercise control over it are varied and poorly understood

Marco Becht, Juan Mejino-López and Guntram B. Wolff

Weapons, war and confusion

How will Europe and the US build and pay for the arsenals of the future?

Rebecca Christie, Sharon Weinberger and Guntram B. Wolff

Europe beyond unanimity on security

A new European Security Treaty using majority voting would end veto abuse and build shared defence capabilities for a new geopolitical era

Francesco Nicoli, Roel Beetsma and Guntram B. Wolff

European Defence Markets: Overcoming National Preference and External Dependence

Guntram B. Wolff and Jeromin Zettelmeyer

Europe’s Untapped Arsenal

Elina Ribakova

How Europe should respond to the Iran gas shock – and how it shouldn’t

The European Union should act now to head off growing impacts from the Iran conflict on gas prices and availability

Ugnė Keliauskaitė, Ben McWilliams, Thomas Mramor, Alexander Roth, Simone Tagliapietra and Georg Zachmann

The costs and failures of air defence in the Iran conflict and what they mean for Europe

Shoring up Europe’s defensive capabilities needs to focus on cheap interceptors and offensive capability to target military industries

Alexandr Burilkov and Guntram B. Wolff

Europe’s dependence on US foreign military sales: evidence for policy makers from a new database

Juan Mejino-López and Guntram B. Wolff

Europe should build on France’s nuclear deterrent extension offer

Though not a proper European deterrent, a nuclear strategy partnership between France and other countries marks a new phase as the US wavers

Francesco Nicoli and Lucio Pench

US Foreign Military Sales

This dataset offers detailed information on FMS notifications of transfers of military equipment from the US to foreign governments.

Juan Mejino-López, Javier Ospital and Guntram B. Wolff

Reforming European defence procurement to boost military innovation and startups

European defence procurement practices must evolve to embrace innovative startups and small firms, in order to meet modern battlefield needs

Ethan Kapstein, Javier Ospital and Guntram B. Wolff

Pivot to Asia, Europe or the Homeland? 18 Years of US Foreign Military Sales

Juan Mejino-López, Javier Ospital and Guntram B. Wolff

Europe and the Iran war

What does the conflict mean for inflation, oil prices, the economy and Ukraine? 

Rebecca Christie, Elina Ribakova, Simone Tagliapietra and Guntram B. Wolff

International support to Ukraine is insufficient and declining

After four years of war, the Western aid strategy to Ukraine must be rethought

Marek Dabrowski