ARES Group – The Armament Industry European Research Group

Programme

ARES Group - The Armament Industry European Research Group

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.

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

ARES Group’s 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.

ARES Series

All publications

Policy Papers

The European Defence Fund and Space: Added Values and Priorities

Notes / ARES Group - The Armament Industry European Research Group

24 June 2021

The European Defence Fund and Space: Added Values and Priorities

Paul Weissenberg

Former Deputy Director General at European Commission and Member of the Air and Space Academy

Xavier Pasco

Director of the Foundation for Strategic Research (FRS)

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They lead the ARES network

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Steering Board

  • Jean-Pierre Maulny

    Jean-Pierre Maulny

    Deputy Director of IRIS, president of ARES Steering Board

  • Nicolas Casanova

    Nicolas Casanova

    Director of Institutional Relations France and Europe, KNDS France

  • Didier Gondallier de Tugny

    Didier Gondallier de Tugny

    Strategic Cooperation Deputy Director in charge of EU/NATO, MBDA

  • Alexandre Houle

    Alexandre Houle

    Strategy Director, Thales

  • Vincent Quintana

    Vincent Quintana

    Director of Public Affairs – France and Europe, Grouping of Land and Air-Land Defense and Security Industries (GICAT)

  • Hilmar Linnenkamp

    Hilmar Linnenkamp

    Advisor, SWP, Berlin

  • Nick Witney

    Nick Witney

    Senior Policy Fellow, ECFR, London

Scientific Advisors

  • Jean Belin

    Jean Belin

    Associate Professor, Chaire Économie de Défense, University of Bordeaux

  • Renaud Bellais

    Renaud Bellais

    Associate researcher, Université Grenoble Alpes

  • Daniel Fiott

    Daniel Fiott

    Head, Defence and Statecraft Programme, Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy, Brussels School of Governance; Assistant Professor, Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Non-Resident Fellow, Real Instituto Elcano

  • Bastian Giegerich

    Bastian Giegerich

    Director-General and Chief Executive, IISS

  • Justyna Gotkowska

    Justyna Gotkowska

    Deputy Director, Centre for Eastern Studies – OSW

  • Alessandro Marrone

    Alessandro Marrone

    Head of Defence Programme, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)

  • Sylvie Matelly

    Sylvie Matelly

    Director, Institut Jacques Delors

  • Christian Mölling

    Christian Mölling

    Senior Advisor, The European Policy Centre

  • Jana Puglierin

    Jana Puglierin

    Senior Policy Fellow, Head of, ECFR Berlin

  • Ester Sabatino

    Ester Sabatino

    Research Associate for Defence and Military Analysis, IISS Europe

  • Luigi Scazzieri

    Luigi Scazzieri

    Senior Policy Analyst, EUISS

  • Gaspard Schnitzler

    Gaspard Schnitzler

    Head of bilateral affairs Europe, Safran

  • Margarita Šešelgytė

    Margarita Šešelgytė

    Director at the Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University

  • Trevor Taylor

    Trevor Taylor

    Professorial Research Fellow, Defence, Industries and Society, RUSI

  • Dick Zandee

    Dick Zandee

    Head of the Security & Defence Programme, Clingendael Institute