In contrast to the conventional wisdom that security is governed exclusively by nation states
exercising political authority to generate public security goods, the European Union can also …

Defence procurement–the process by which states acquire goods and services required by
their armed forces–forms a significant sub-field of Defence Studies. States confront three …

This book provides an empirical understanding of how EU-level defence industrial
cooperation functions in practice. Using the Liberal Intergovernmental theoretical model, the …

Whether a 'Brexit'would threaten the United Kingdom's national security has become a
central theme in the run-up to the in/out referendum on EU membership. Although national …

When states make decisions on armaments policy, it is generally agreed they try to achieve
combinations of foreign, security, industrial, economic, and technological policy goals …

This article situates recent initiatives to deepen security and defence cooperation in the
European Union in the historical perspective. It proposes a model of constitutive relationship …

Abstract The Permanent Structured Cooperation in Defence (PESCO) and the European
Defence Fund (EDF) constitute another attempt to consolidate the European defence …

The paper presents an agent-based simulation model of the European defence industry.
The model resembles some of the key characteristics of the defence sector, and studies how …

The aim of this study is to examine the extent to which the end of the Cold War led to
Europeanisation in the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP). The analysis takes …

This article explores whether it makes sense for national governments to employ defence
industrial policies–such as offsets and discriminatory procurement practices–to support their …