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Opinion piece
Europe’s Untapped Arsenal
- Publishing date
- 02 April 2026
- Authors
- Elina Ribakova Lucas Risinger
- Publication name
- Foreign Affairs
- Publication date
- 02 April 2026
- Keyword
- defence industrial policy geopolitics
- Language
- English
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