European defence cooperation in the second machine age

Author(s): Mauro Gilli, Andrea Gilli
Journal Title: European Union Institute for Security Studies
Issue: 14
Publisher(s): European Union Institute for Security Studies
Publication Year: 2017

Over the past year the EU has made important steps to strengthen collective security and address its two more pressing challenges. On the one hand, European countries need a broader – and thus more expensive and complex – portfolio of capabilities to address the newer and wider set of threats they are confronted with. On the other hand, different technological trends are undermining the leadership in weapons manufacturing European countries have long enjoyed.

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