No. 234: The Transformation of European Armaments Policies

Author(s): Michael Haas, Annabelle Vuille
Editor(s): Fabien Merz
Series Editor(s): Christian Nünlist, Fabien Merz, Benno Zogg
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 234
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2018
Publication Place: Zurich

Despite moderate increases in their defense budgets, for most European states, the need to modernize main weapon systems and acquire future-proof high technology capabilities is a burden that continues to stretch their fiscal possibilities to the utmost. While forward-looking armaments policies cannot eliminate these deficits, they can lay the groundwork for tackling them successfully.

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Increases in Defense Budgets Between 2016 and 2017