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European Main Battle Tank: Momentum for Interoperability

The land forces operations paradigm demands a series of cornerstones to be effective on the ground. In that context, a crucial feature is the tank, a weapon that has proven to be fundamental in the ground force realm since its creation. The future of Europe is to operate in collaborative frameworks thus, creating a tank collaborative framework is essential. However, the reality shows that there are problems in pursuing this objective. 

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9 October 2023
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How can a Commercial Action Hide Security Threats:  Chinese Investments in EU Critical Infrastructure

The means by which the People’s Republic of China is seeking to become a global power capable of competing with the United States have been various throughout the years and mainly based on economic actions that can tie China with other countries and allow it to exert influence in the area.

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6 October 2023
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Defence and Security Outsourcing within the Common Security and Defence Policy

The controversial involvement of the Wagner Group in Ukraine and Russia’s domestic politics has recently shed light on Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs). Before that, the American PMSC Blackwater, now Academi, also drew public attention for misconduct during its involvement in Iraq (Singer, 2007). While outsourcing defence and security tasks to private actors by public authorities dates back centuries, PMSCs are a strictly post-Cold War trend (Singer, 2003).

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5 October 2023
Read more about the article The Imperative of Joint Procurement in Europe: Defragmenting our Defence Industry
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The Imperative of Joint Procurement in Europe: Defragmenting our Defence Industry

The 2023 ‘Future Shocks’ report of the European Parliamentary Research Service points out the drastic changes to the European security landscape following the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the return of war on European soil (EPRS, 2023). Europe faces a multi-faceted conventional and non-conventional threat that requires short-, medium-, and long-term action from European policymakers (Anghel, 2023). The European defence architecture ought to be transformed deeply to face the new geostrategic urgency (Anghel, 2023). The key lies in greater and more collaborative investments. It is both economically and strategically untenable to operate in silos when it comes to defence. Billions are lost every year and defence capabilities remain insufficient, outdated, and lack interoperability. Should Europeans have any hope of holding a leading role in the geopolitical environment of today, it is imperative to increase collaborative efforts across the EU.

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5 October 2023
Read more about the article Financing the Defence Industry – A Comparison of the Investment Climate in the European Union, United States and China
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Financing the Defence Industry – A Comparison of the Investment Climate in the European Union, United States and China

The global military expenditure rose by 3.7 per cent in real terms in 2022 to a record high of $2.24 trillion (Tian et al., 2023). The United States, China and the European Union (as the aggregated national expenditures of its member countries) make up the three largest (see first chart). Given the rising demand, governments and the defence industry are increasing their investments. Evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of each market will be essential in determining the necessary steps forward.

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3 October 2023