Programme
ARES Group – The Armament Industry European Research Group
Créé en 2016 par l’Institut de relations internationales et stratégiques (IRIS), Ares Group a pour objectif de créer un réseau de chercheurs européens spécialisés sur les questions d’industrie de défense afin d’élaborer des propositions en lien avec le développement d’une base industrielle et technologique de défense européenne et de réaliser des études pour le compte des acteurs de l’armement, ministères de la Défense, institutions européennes et entreprises. Il doit permettre de sensibiliser l’opinion publique et les décideurs sur les spécificités du domaine de l’armement et sur le caractère stratégique de cette industrie.
Le réseau est constitué des chercheurs reconnus sur les questions de politique industrielle de défense et d’armement, que leur activité s’exerce au sein d’universités ou de think tanks. Ares Group peut faire appel également à des experts du monde industriel.
ARES Group produit des articles courts (Comments) ou plus longs (Policy Papers) en anglais qui font l’objet d’une large diffusion dans la communauté stratégique européenne. Ses experts publient également des articles d’opinion dans les journaux. Des conférences et des séminaires ont lieu régulièrement à Bruxelles et à Paris et s’appuient sur le matériel produit par le groupe.
ARES Series
Publications
Notes / ARES Group - The Armament Industry European Research Group
3 juin 2026
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
Notes / ARES Group - The Armament Industry European Research Group
21 mai 2026
Europe’s Arctic Test: From Ambition To Capability?
ARES Group
Notes / ARES Group - The Armament Industry European Research Group
13 mai 2026
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)
Policy Papers
Notes / ARES Group - The Armament Industry European Research Group
3 juin 2026
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
Notes / ARES Group - The Armament Industry European Research Group
9 avril 2026
Between Legacy and Emergence: The Spatial Integration of New Defence Companies in Europe’s Historical Defence Landscape
Lucie Béraud Sudreau
Shangri-La Dialogue Senior Fellow for Indo-Pacific Defence Policy, Economics and Industry, IISS
Josselin Droff
Research Fellow, Chair of Defence Economics, IHEDN
Julien Malizard
Holder of the Chair of Defence Economics, IHEDN
Eva Szego
Research Fellow, Chair of Defence Economics, IHEDN
Luka Aleksic
Research Assistant, Chair of Defence Economics, IHEDN
Notes / ARES Group - The Armament Industry European Research Group
26 janvier 2026
Building a European Geospatial Intelligence Capability: Mapping Initiatives, Identifying Gaps, and Outlining Strategic Options
Sandra Mezzadri
ARES’s Scientific Advisor and Senior Defence Industry Expert
Notes / ARES Group - The Armament Industry European Research Group
8 juillet 2025
Investing in European Defence Industry: The Case for a Sovereign Defence Investment Fund
Sylvie Matelly
Director, The Jacques Delors Institute (Paris)
Notes / ARES Group - The Armament Industry European Research Group
14 mai 2025
Sovereignty by Design? Security of Supply in Defence in the European Union
Daniel Fiott
Professor, CSDS, Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Non-Resident Fellow, Real Instituto Elcano
Notes / ARES Group - The Armament Industry European Research Group
8 avril 2025
Three Trajectories for Defence Spending in the EU and Their Consequences for the European Industry and Capabilities
Renaud Bellais
Associate Researcher, CESICE, Grenoble Alps
Łukasz Maślanka
Senior Fellow, Security and Defence Department, OSW Centre for Eastern Studies
Torben Schütz
Senior Expert in European Security Policy
Notes / ARES Group - The Armament Industry European Research Group
4 décembre 2024
Integrated Arsenals? Mapping Defence Industrial Relations Between Europe and Ukraine
Daniel Fiott
Non-Resident Fellow, Real Instituto Elcano and Professor, Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy – VUB
Notes / ARES Group - The Armament Industry European Research Group
18 juillet 2023
Russia’s War Against Ukraine: A New Impetus for the Harmonisation of European Arms Export Policies? A Trilateral Perspective from France, Germany, and Sweden
Lucie Béraud-Sudreau
Director of the Military Expenditure and Arms Production Programme, SIPRI
Pia Fuhrhop
Deputy Head of Research Division, SWP
Jean-Pierre Maulny
Directeur adjoint de l’IRIS
Christian Mölling
Deputy Director, DGAP
Notes / ARES Group - The Armament Industry European Research Group
30 mars 2023
EDIRPA/EDIP: Risks and Opportunities of Future Joint Procurement Incentives for the European Defence Market
Gaspard Schnitzler
Ancien.ne chercheur.se à l'IRIS
Notes / ARES Group - The Armament Industry European Research Group
20 mars 2023
Articulating ESG Criteria and the Financing of the EDTIB: A Prospective View
Sylvie Matelly
Ancien.ne chercheur.se à l'IRIS
Notes / ARES Group - The Armament Industry European Research Group
15 juillet 2020
The (R)evolution of Defence Innovation Models: Rationales and Consequences
Prof. Dr. Valérie Merindol
Professor of Innovation
Prof. Dr. David W. Versailles
Professor of Strategic Management and Innovation Studies, Paris School of Business
Notes / ARES Group - The Armament Industry European Research Group
1 avril 2022
EU Civil-Defence Synergies: Understanding the Challenges and Drivers of Change
Daniel Fiott
Security and Defence Editor, EU Institute for Security Studies
Michalis Ketselidis
Senior Expert, European Commission
Notes / ARES Group - The Armament Industry European Research Group
2 septembre 2021
What Scope for EU-US Defence Industrial Cooperation in the 2020s?
Daniel Fiott
Security and Defence Editor, EU Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)
Jean-Pierre Maulny
Directeur adjoint de l’IRIS
Notes / ARES Group - The Armament Industry European Research Group
24 juin 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)
Notes / ARES Group - The Armament Industry European Research Group
19 janvier 2018
The Relationship Between Prime Bontractors and SMEs. How to Best Manage and Fund Cooperative Programmes
Patrick Bellouard
President, Eurodéfense France
Antonio Fonfria
Professor of Applied Economics, Complutense University of Madrid
Notes / ARES Group - The Armament Industry European Research Group
5 décembre 2016
Today’s Technological Innovations for Tomorrow’s Defence
Christophe-Alexandre Paillard
French Senior Official, Senior Lecturer (Sciences Po Paris)
Professor Nick Butler
King’s College, London
Notes / ARES Group - The Armament Industry European Research Group
27 avril 2016
A ‘Game Changer’? The EU’S Preparatory Action on Defence Research
Daniel Fiott
Researcher, Institute for European Studies, Free University of Brussels
Renaud Bellais
Associate Researcher in Economics, ENSTA Bretagne, France
Évènements
Voir plus
18 JUIN
Directive 2009/81/EC: A Turning Point for the European Defence Market
PRÉSENTIEL / OUVERT / 14:00–15:00
12 MAR 2026 > 13 MAR 2026
From the Baltic to the Arctic : How to Develop European Capabilities?
Suivre les activités du programme
Ils/elles pilotent le réseau ARES
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Jean-Pierre Maulny
Directeur adjoint de l’IRIS, président du Board ARES
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Directeur de recherche à l’IRIS, responsable du Programme Europe, UE, OTAN sur les questions UE/OTAN
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Directeur de recherche à l’IRIS
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Directrice de recherche, responsable du Programme Europe, UE, OTAN sur les évolutions politiques des pays européens
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Chercheuse à l’IRIS
Le conseil d'administration
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Directeur adjoint de l’IRIS
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Jean-Xavier Chabane
Director of European and NATO Affairs, GICAT
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Elvia Delpal
EU & NATO Political Affairs Manager, KNDS France
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Didier Gondallier de Tugny
VP EU/NATO and Bilateral Cooperation Strategy, MBDA
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Hilmar Linnenkamp
Advisor, SWP, Berlin
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Thierry Poignant
Group Director Strategic & International prospective, Thales
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Nick Witney
Senior Policy Fellow, ECFR, London
Les conseillers scientifiques
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Renaud Bellais
Associate researcher, Université Grenoble Alpes
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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
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Bastian Giegerich
Director-General and Chief Executive, IISS
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Justyna Gotkowska
Deputy Director, Centre for Eastern Studies – OSW
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Elena Lazarou
Director General of ELIAMEP
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Alessandro Marrone
Head of Defence, Security and Space Programme, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)
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Sylvie Matelly
Director, Institut Jacques Delors
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Sandra Mezzadri
MSB consulting
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Christian Mölling
Senior Advisor, The European Policy Centre
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Christine Nissen
Chief Analyst, Think Tank Europa
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Jana Puglierin
Senior Policy Fellow, Head of ECFR Berlin
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Ester Sabatino
Research Associate for Defence and Military Analysis, IISS Europe
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Directeur de recherche à l’IRIS, responsable du Programme Europe, UE, OTAN sur les questions UE/OTAN
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Luigi Scazzieri
Senior Policy Analyst, EUISS
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Gaspard Schnitzler
Head of bilateral affairs Europe, Safran
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Margarita Šešelgytė
Director at the Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University
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Directrice de recherche, responsable du Programme Europe, UE, OTAN sur les évolutions politiques des pays européens
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Trevor Taylor
Professorial Research Fellow, Defence, Industries and Society, RUSI
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Chercheuse à l’IRIS
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Auke Venema
Senior Research Fellow, Clingendael Institute
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Martin Chovančík
Assistant professor, Department of International Relations and European Studies, Masaryk University
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Lucie Beraud-Sudreau
Shangri-La Dialogue Senior Fellow for Indo-Pacific Defence Policy, Economics and Industry, IISS