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Europe, European Union, NATO

The Europe, EU, NATO programme aims to analyse the political, economic and strategic changes taking place on the European continent and to decipher the respective roles of the European Union and NATO in global geopolitical affairs. It draws on studies and consultancy reports, video and audio clips, small-scale seminars, public conferences, and continuing and initial training courses.

The work focuses in particular on: European integration in the field of foreign and defence policy; transatlantic relations; collective security and the role of NATO; the thinking, cultures and strategic priorities of European countries; developments in the international security architecture from the Mediterranean and Black Sea to the Baltic and North Atlantic; concepts of power and strategy; issues related to the geopolitics of energy and the ecological transition.

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European integration process

External affairs, Defence, etc

European integration process

The role of the European Union in the world

The role of the European Union in the world

Political developments and strategic positions of European countries, whether EU members or not

Political developments and strategic positions of European countries, whether EU members or not

Issues related to EU and NATO enlargement

Issues related to EU and NATO enlargement

NATO's role in Europe and the world

NATO's role in Europe and the world

Transatlantic relations

Transatlantic relations

Defence industrial cooperation in Europe

Defence industrial cooperation in Europe

Regional organisations and security architecture

Regional organisations and security architecture

Energy challenges and ecological transition

Energy challenges and ecological transition
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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