Honoured for contributing to the European Defence Agency‘s study on Defence Industrial Strategies with an analysis of the Romanian Defence Industrial Policy and Romanian perspectives towards strategic autonomy and various European initiatives such as the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO), the European Defence Fund (EDF), and the Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD).

The project lasted seven months (December 2021 – July 2022) and was carried out by a consortium led by Istituto Affari Internazionali – IAI, and included IRIS – Institut de relations internationales et stratégiques, SIPRI, and numerous national experts.

See below the main conclusions of the study!

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The war in #Ukraine is a reminder that #EU needs a competitive #EUdefence#tech & industrial base.

EDA study has analysed the latest national defence industrial strategies and policies relevant for the development, production, and procurement of #defence equipment.

National attitudes toward #EU defence cooperation;

Strategic autonomy and #EUdefence initiatives

Status of European defence industrial cooperation

Towards a gradual Europeanisation of supply chains?

EDA study reveals that #strategic autonomy mainly influenced #defence#industrial policies through initiatives like #PESCO & the European Defence Fund #EDF. It also accents that converging interests play a bigger role in #cooperation among member states than geography.

#PESCO & EDF triggered a convergence on a gradual Europeanisation of national supply chains whose purpose is to connect industries and technologies in #Europe.

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