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Event

27 January 2026

Securing Ukraine’s future in Europe: Ukraine’s defence industrial base opportunity

What opportunities exist for investing in Ukraine's defence industry?

Heidi Crebo-Rediker, Liana Fix, Jacob Funk Kirkegaard, Lene Mandel Vensild, Kateryna Mykhalko, Sinikka Parviainen, Elina Ribakova, Paul Stares, Lukáš Veselý and Jeromin Zettelmeyer

First Glance

07 January 2026

Greenland is not marginal: the US takeover threat is a strategic test for Europe

European powers should provide backing for Nuuk and Copenhagen by establishing a greater military presence in Greenland

Guntram B. Wolff

Opinion piece

15 December 2025

The hidden dependency on Europe's security

Juan Mejino-López and Guntram B. Wolff

Working paper

11 December 2025

The European Union and the war in Ukraine: more money, but not more Europe

This Working Paper analyses the drivers of rearmament and especially military aid to Ukraine

Jacob Funk Kirkegaard

Event

10 December 2025

Can policy survive politics?

Bruegel’s 20th anniversary event in Warsaw, jointly organised with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Poland

Piotr Buras, Agnieszka Gajewska, Heather Grabbe, Małgorzata Mroczkowska-Horne, Ignacy Niemczycki, Kinga Stanisławska, Maciej Sobolewski, Jeromin Zettelmeyer and Jaroslaw Pietras

External publication

01 December 2025

Economic principles for European rearmament

Alain Quinet, Xavier Jaravel, Moritz Schularick and Jeromin Zettelmeyer

External publication

01 December 2025

Rethinking the governance and funding of European rearmament

Armin Steinbach, Guntram B. Wolff and Jeromin Zettelmeyer

Event

12 November 2025

Europe’s dependence on the US defence industrial base: source of transatlantic strength or geopolitical vulnerability?

The future of European defence and dependence on others

Anne Fort, Gueorgui Ianakiev, Ethan Kapstein and Guntram B. Wolff

Working paper

07 November 2025

Understanding US foreign military sales globally since 2008: an analysis of a new dataset

The paper presents a new dataset of all US Foreign Military Sales since 2008 and analyses global trends in volumes and equipment types

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

Newsletter

20 October 2025

How can Europe stress test its reliance on US military exports?

Guntram B. Wolff

Policy Brief

13 October 2025

Europe’s dependence on US foreign military sales and what to do about it

Europe’s reliance on US arms raises autonomy concerns, as security worsens and leaders aim to cut strategic and technological dependence

Juan Mejino-López and Guntram B. Wolff

First Glance

02 October 2025

Peace through strength: why Europe needs a missile deterrent

Europe should acknowledge the limitations of air defence and build up its capacity to hit back at Russia as a deterrent

Alexandr Burilkov and Guntram B. Wolff

Podcast

01 October 2025

What should Europe pay for?

The EU’s next seven-year budget grapples with agriculture, defence and public goods

Rebecca Christie, Jacob Funk Kirkegaard and Zsolt Darvas

External publication

01 August 2025

The Governance and Funding of European Rearmament

Guntram B. Wolff, Armin Steinbach and Jeromin Zettelmeyer

Podcast

23 July 2025

Rebuilding Ukraine: international support, defence and recovery

As Russia’s war on Ukraine continues, how are EU and international partners helping to finance recovery and support reconstruction in a conflict zone?

Rebecca Christie, Tyson Barker, Simon O’Connor and Elina Ribakova

Analysis

14 July 2025

Europe should innovate on defence, play it safe on debt

Strengthening existing safe assets should be a strategic priority for any new joint borrowing

Rebecca Christie