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  • Britain and France should not give up on EU defence co-operation
    Policy brief by Clara Marina O'Donnell, 24 October 2011
    Britain and France should not give up on EU defence co-operation
  • Governments need incentives to pool and share militaries
    Insight by Tomas Valasek, 01 November 2011
    Defence austerity
  • Trio leadership: The need to liberalise the European defence market
    Report by Clara Marina O'Donnell, 03 June 2011
    Trio leadership
  • Pooling forces
    Bulletin article by Tim Garden, John Roper, 01 December 1999

    After many years of talking about boosting their defence capabilities but doing very little, the Europeans have made substantial progress in 1999. European governments have begun to develop the defence dimension of their common foreign and security policy.
  • Europe's defence industry: A transatlantic future
    Report by Charles Grant, 02 July 1999

    In December 1998 Europe's first major cross-border defence industry merger was imminent: a deal between British Aerospace (BAe) and DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (Dasa) had been agreed and all but signed and sealed.
  • The EU needs defence convergence criteria
    Bulletin article by François Heisbourg, 01 June 1999

    The countries of the European Union spend on defence around 60 per cent of the US defence budget (approximately $145bn versus $265bn). But Europe does not have anything close to half of US capabilities when it comes to strategic lift, strategic intelligence or command and control.
  • The end of EADC
    Bulletin article by Charles Grant, 01 February 1999

    A little over a year ago the political leaders of Britain, France and Germany launched their plan for a European Aerospace and Defence Company (EADC).
  • Integration or isolation? Restructuring Europe's defence industry
    Bulletin article by Alex Ashbourne, 01 July 1998

    As the states of the European Union draw closer together, their inability to unite and restructure their defence industries is becoming ever more anachronistic. Britain, France and Germany currently have separate defence industries. In a united Europe, such duplication is neither necessary nor economically viable.
  • Strength in numbers: Europe's foreign and defence policy
    Report by Charles Grant, 06 September 1996

    The countries of the European Union need to speak with a common voice on foreign policy. They share similar fundamental interests, which are sometimes distinct from those of the Americans.