Since its beginnings in the 1950s, the European integration project has come a long way.
Starting with six member states in the European Communities, the EU has expanded to 28 in …

ABSTRACT The European Commission has traditionally held a weak position in the policy
domain of EU security and defence policy and has been seen as a 'least likely'case of …

The European Court of Justice is one of the most important actors in the process of
European integration. Political science still struggles to understand its significance, with …

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) is one of the central institutions of the EU
and has played a decisive role in European integration. As one of the most powerful …

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

This book comparatively examines the preferences of four key arms-producing states
towards European joint armaments programmes. The European defence market is …

There is an intense debate in international relations scholarship on whether the benefits
accrued by arms production globalization outweigh the risks of depending on foreign …

Despite considerable restructuring since the end of the Cold War, the European armoured
vehicle industry remains largely fragmented along national lines. As stagnating domestic …

Germany's state elites and general public have consistently preferred deepening integration
of defence procurement at the European Union (EU) level. However, the German …

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 …