ARES – Armament Industry European Research Group
Objective
The Armament Industry European Research Group (Ares Group) was created in 2016 by The French Institute for International and Strategic Affairs (IRIS), who coordinates the Group. The aim of the Ares Group, a high-level network of security and defence specialists across Europe, is to provide a forum to the European armament community, bringing together top defence industrial policy specialists, to encourage fresh strategic thinking in the field, develop innovative policy proposals and conduct studies for public and private actors.

Group members
The club brings together experienced armament policy and defence industrial policy experts, working accross European universities and think tanks.

Activities
• Publications:
- Comments: short-format opinion pieces
- Policy Papers: medium format notes
- Reports: long format studies
These publications are freely available on the Group’s website. Policy Papers and Reports are written jointly by two or more experts to provide a cross-eyes approach to one subject.
• Two annual seminars take place in Brussels and Paris supported by the material produced by the Group.
 
 
06.10.2023
What future European Defence and Technological Industrial Basis (EDTIB) do we want/need? The German case
By Leonard Schütte, Senior Researcher at the Munich Security Conference
 
 
25.07.2023
What future European Defence and Technological Industrial Basis (EDTIB) do we want/need? The Italian case
By Ester Sabatino, Research Analyst, Defence and Military Analysis, IISS-Europe
 
 
18.07.2023
Russia’s war against Ukraine: A new impetus for the harmonisation of European arms export policies? A trilateral perspective from France, Germany, and Sweden
By Lucie Béraud-Sudreau, Director of the Military Expenditure and Arms Production Programme (SIPRI), Pia Fuhrhop, Deputy Head of Research Division (SWP), Jean-Pierre Maulny, Deputy Director (IRIS), and Christian Mölling, Deputy Director (DGAP)
 
 
12.06.2023
European military budgets after the war in Ukraine : more cohesion or fragmentation? The German case
Ares Podcast with Christian Mölling, Deputy Director of DGAPs Research Institute, Head of the Center for Security and Defense and ARES Scientific advisor, gives some insights on the German case. An episode hosted by Gaspard Schnitzler, Research Fellow at IRIS.
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16.05.2023
War in Ukraine: How to gear up European Defence and propel the European Defence and Technological Industrial Base?
 
 
30.03.2023
EDIRPA/EDIP: Risks and opportunities of future joint procurement incentives for the European defence market
 
 
20.03.2023
Articulating ESG Criteria and the Financing of the EDTIB: A Prospective View
 
 
02.03.2023
European military budgets after the war in Ukraine : more cohesion or fragmentation? The Italian case
Ares Podcast with Alessandro Marrone, Head of defence programme at the Istituto Affari Internazionali, gives some insights on the Italian case. An episode hosted by Gaspard Schnitzler, Research Fellow at IRIS.
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17.02.2023
European military budgets after the war in Ukraine : more cohesion or fragmentation? The Belgian case
Ares Podcast with Alexander Mattelaer, Senior Research Fellow at Egmont and associate professor at the VUB Brussels School of Governance, gives some insights on the Belgian case. An episode hosted by Gaspard Schnitzler, Research Fellow at IRIS.
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11.01.2023
European military budgets after the war in Ukraine : more cohesion or fragmentation? The Spanish case
Ares Podcast with Felix Arteaga, Senior Analyst at the Elcano Royal Institute, gives some insights on the Spanish case. An episode hosted by Gaspard Schnitzler, Research Fellow at IRIS.
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02.01.2023
Critical technologies and industrial capabilities: National definition and policy implications. The case of Baltic States
By Prof. Margarita Šešelgytė, Director of the Institute of International Relations and Political Science at Vilnius University and Emilė Indrašiūtė, PhD student at the Institute of International Relations and Political Science at Vilnius University
 
 
20.12.2022
European military budgets after the war in Ukraine : more cohesion or fragmentation? The Polish case
Ares Podcast with Marcin Terlikowski, Deputy Head of Research Office at the Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM). Hosted by Gaspard Schnitzler, Research Fellow at IRIS.
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13.12.2022
European military budgets after the war in Ukraine : more cohesion or fragmentation? The Lithuanian case
Ares Podcast with Margarita Šešelgytė, Honorary Fellow at the Baltic Defense College, Director of the Institute of International Relations and Political Science at Vilnius University, and Scientific advisor of ARES. Hosted by Gaspard Schnitzler, Research Fellow at IRIS.
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29.11.2022
European military budgets after the war in Ukraine : more cohesion or fragmentation? The Swedish case
Ares Podcast with Per Olsson, Senior Researcher at the Swedish Defence Research Agency. Hosted by Gaspard Schnitzler, Research Fellow at IRIS.
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22.11.2022
European military budgets after the war in Ukraine : more cohesion or fragmentation? The United Kingdom case
Ares Podcast with Trevor Taylor, Professorial Research Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), and Scientific advisor of ARES. Hosted by Gaspard Schnitzler, Research Fellow at IRIS.
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09.11.2022
European military budgets after the war in Ukraine : more cohesion or fragmentation? The Dutch case
Ares Podcast with Dick Zandee, Senior Research Fellow, Head of the Security Unit at the Clingendael Institute. Hosted by Gaspard Schnitzler, Research Fellow at IRIS.
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08.11.2022
Collective defence investment: Europe must do more and at a faster pace
By Jean Belin, Defense and Peace Bordeaux School, University of Bordeaux ; Renaud Bellais, University of Grenoble-Alpes ; Daniel Fiott, Head, Defence and Statecraft Programme, Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy, Brussels School of Governance; Assistant Professor, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, and Non-Resident Fellow, Real Instituto Elcano ; Alessandro Marrone, Head of Defence Programme, IAI ; Sylvie Matelly, Deputy Director, IRIS ; Jean-Pierre Maulny, Deputy Director, IRIS ; Fédérico Santopinto, Senior Research fellow, IRIS ; Gaspard Schnitzler, Research fellow, IRIS ; Trevor Taylor, Professorial Research Fellow, RUSI and Dick Zandee, Member of the Scientific Committee of the ARES Group
 
14.10.2022
EDTIB in war time: replenishment and other challenges of high intensity conflict
Webinar organized by the ARES Group.
 
 
22.09.2022
Critical technologies and industrial capabilities: National definition and policy implications. The French case
By Alice Pannier, Research Fellow, Head of Ifri’s Geopolitics of Technology Program
Contact
Pilots
Jean-Pierre Maulny, Federico Santopinto, Gaspard Schnitzler and Olivier de France

+33 (0)1 53 27 60 60
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Videos
28.02.2022
Webinar organized by the ARES group about the “defence package” published by the European Commission.
03.03.2022
Webinar organized by the ARES group about the “space package” published by the European Commission.
29.03.2022
Conference organized by the ARES group in Brussels.