Defence, Strategy, Armament

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Defence, Strategy, Armament

The Defence, Strategy, Armament programme aims to provide French and European public and private stakeholders with insights into policies and strategies implemented in the field of defence. It does so through publications (studies, analyses of current affairs, infographics), videos, training sessions, and events. The programme falls within the field of strategic studies, examining ends (theories, visions, objectives), ways (the conduct of war, the employment of forces, operations), and means (military capabilities, armament, industry, funding, human resources). On matters relating to the defence industry, the programme is in relation to the European research network Armament Industry European Research Group (Ares Group), coordinated by IRIS.

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State Defence Policy and Strategy

State Defence Policy and Strategy

Industrial Policy and Defence Industrial and Technological base (DTIB)

Industrial Policy and Defence Industrial and Technological base (DTIB)

Military Capacities and Capabilities

Military Capacities and Capabilities

Defence Innovation

Defence Innovation

Alliances and Defence Cooperation

Alliances and Defence Cooperation

Arms Export and Export Control

Arms Export and Export Control

Defence norms and regulations

Defence norms and regulations

Disarmament, Arms Control, (Non-)Proliferation

Disarmament, Arms Control, (Non-)Proliferation
The EU and the Internal Defence Market: What Are the National Perspectives?

Notes / ARES Group - The Armament Industry European Research Group

13 October 2026

The EU and the Internal Defence Market: What Are the National Perspectives?

Félix Arteaga

Senior Fellow, Elcano Royal Institute

Samuel B. H. Faure

Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Strategic Research (IRSEM)

Calle Håkansson

Head of the Programme for European and Global Politics, Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI), and Researcher, Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI)

Alessandro Marrone

Head of «Defence Security and Space» Program, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)

Łukasz Maślanka

Senior Fellow, Security and Defence Department, Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW)

Christine Nissen

Chief analyst, Think Tank Europa

Andrea Rotter

Head of Division Foreign and Security Policy, Hanns Seidel Foundation

Federico Santopinto

Senior Research Fellow at IRIS, Head of the Europe, EU, NATO Programme on EU/NATO issues

Prof. Margarita Šešelgytė

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

Auke P. Venema

Senior Research Fellow, Clingendael

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