ARES Group - The Armament Industry European Research Group

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

Integration of the European Capability Process in Member States’ Administration : The Czech Case

Martin Chovančík

Head of International Relations and European Politics Programme, Masaryk University, Czechia

Aligning Shields: Greece’s Integration Into the EU Capability Development Process

Spyros Blavoukos

Head, EU Institutions & Policies Programme; Head of the ‘Ariane Condellis’ European Programme; Senior Research Fellow, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP); Professor, Athens University of Economics & Business

Panos Politis Lamprou

Research Fellow, Defence Hub, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP)

Eurosatory 2026 – “Towards a More Efficient European Defence Market”

ARES Group

What Are the Main Drivers of Member States’ Defence Procurement Practices? The Estonian Case

Nele Loorents

Research Fellow, International Centre for Defence and Security

Defence supply chain monitoring: Leveraging geopolitical challenges for sustainability gains

Irina Patrahau

Chair of the Energy Security and Critical Minerals Initiatives, The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS)

Security of Supply and Interdependency: A New Approach to Strategic Autonomy and Indispensability

Renaud Bellais

Associate Researcher, Université Grenoble Alpes

Daniel Fiott

Professor, Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Real Elcano Institute

Integration of the European Capability Process in Member States’ Administration : The Finnish Case

Tuomas Iso-Markku

Senior Research Fellow in the European Union and Strategic Competition research programme, The Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)

Which Type of Armament Cooperation Do We Want/Need? The Case of Sweden

Ann Lundberg

Senior Defence Economist, FOI