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.
 
 
14.02.2019
PeSCo: The German Perspective
by Claudia Major, Senior Associate, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), and Christian Mölling, Research Director, German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP)
 
 
05.02.2019
PeSCo: The Cyprus Perspective
By Yvonni-Stefania Efstathiou, Research Analyst, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)
 
 
27.11.2018
PeSCo: The Greek Perspective
By Yvonni-Stefania Efstathiou, Research Analyst, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)
 
 
15.11.2018
PeSCo: The Belgian Perspective
by Federico Santopinto / Group for Research and Information on Peace and Security (GRIP)
 
 
15.10.2018
PeSCo: The Polish Perspective
by Marcin Terlikowski, Head, International Security Programme, Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM)
 
 
08.10.2018
Defence Industrial Policy in Serbia: Drivers and Influence
By Katarina Djokic, Researcher in Belgrade Centre for Security Policy
 
 
20.09.2018
PeSCo: The Italian Perspective
by Alessandro Marrone, Head of Defence Programme, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)
 
 
11.09.2018
PeSCo: The Lithuanian Perspective
by Margarita Šešelgytė, Studies Director, Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University
 
 
PeSCo: The Dutch Perspective
by Dick Zandee, Head of the Security Unit, Senior Research Fellow, Clingendael Institute
 
 
PeSCo: The Spanish Perspective
By Felix Arteaga, Senior Analyt, Real Instituto Elcano (RIE)
 
 
11.06.2018
The European Defence Fund: Challenges and Opportunities for the Land Armament Industry
 
 
29.04.2018
Building the EDTIB beyond 2020
Ares Seminar Report - April 29, 2018, Brussels
 
 
27.02.2018
Defence Industrial Policy in Norway: Drivers and Influence
By Kjetil Hatlebakk Hove, Senior Research Fellow, Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI)
 
 
19.01.2018
The Relationship between Prime contractors and SMEs. How to Best Manage and Fund Cooperative Programmes
by Patrick Bellouard, President, Eurodéfense France, et Antonio Fonfria, Professor of Applied Economics, Complutense University of Madrid
 
 
09.01.2018
Defence industrial Policy in Finland. Drivers and Influence
by Charly Salonius-Pasternak, Senior Research Fellow, Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)
 
 
28.11.2017
European preference, Strategic autonomy and the European Defence Fund
By Vincenzo Camporini, Vice-President, IAI, Keith Hartley, Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of York, Jean-Pierre Maulny, Deputy Director, IRIS, Dick Zandee, Senior Research Fellow, Clingendael
 
 
25.09.2017
How to make PeSCo a success
 
 
06.09.2017
Defence industrial links between the EU and the US
by Jean BELIN, Associate Professor, Chaire Economie de défense, Keith HARTLEY, Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of York, Sophie LEFEEZ, Associate Research Fellow, IRIS, Hilmar LINNENKAMP, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, SWP, Martin LUNDMARK, Associate Professor in Military technology, Swedish Defence College, Hélène MASSON, Senior Research Fellow, FRS, Jean-Pierre MAULNY, Deputy Director, IRIS, Alessandro R. UNGARO, Research Fellow, IAI
 
 
28.08.2017
The Impact of Brexit on the European Armament Industry
By Olivier DE FRANCE, Research Director, IRIS, Bastian GIEGERICH, Director of Defence and Military Analysis, IISS, Alessandro MARRONE, Senior Fellow, IAI, Jean-Pierre MAULNY, Deputy Director, IRIS, Trevor TAYLOR, Professorial Research Fellow, RUSI
Contact
Pilots
Jean-Pierre Maulny, Federico Santopinto, Gaspard Schnitzler and Olivier de France

+33 (0)1 53 27 60 60
Follow the Ares Group Activities
The ARES Podcast Series
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.