No. 31: The European Armaments Sector

The Need for the State to Adapt

Author(s): Christian Mölling
Editor(s): Daniel Möckli
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 31
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2008

The parameters of the European armaments sector have undergone significant change in recent years. The states' armaments policies have only partially taken this transformation into account so far. Multilateral arms cooperation has been slow to develop. The necessary structural improvements in the defense industry are sometimes obstructed by protectionist measures. Unless coordination within the European armaments sector is improved, the freedom of action of European states in security and defense matters will be degraded in the medium and long term.

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