Can American Abandonment Help Europe?
The Continent Has a Chance to Address Its Own Weaknesses – Our piece in Foreign Affairs...
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The US defence industrial base can no longer reliably supply Europe
Europe has long relied on US weapons but the US military industrial base faces constraints and its production may be redirected elsewhere. Our piece for Bruegel....
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Deutschland braucht mehr finanzielle Ressourcen für die Verteidigung – noch vor der Wahl
Artikel in der FAZ, in dem wir argumentieren, dass eine Reform der Schuldenbremse für die Verteidigung sinnvoll und richtig ist....
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Europe stands increasingly alone on defence production and needs to act
Oped published on Bruegel, Welt, Le Monde, Rzeczpospolita and others. Europe must rebuild its defence industry; reliance on the US is no longer tenable, whatever the outcome of the US presidential election Europeans migh...
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Less complacency, more investment: a European defence procurement strategy would be cheaper
Oped published in Handelsblatt, Corriere della Serra, Helsingin, Bruegel and others. Two and a half years into Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the question of armaments and the speed of military procurement a...
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Fit for war in decades: sluggish German rearmament versus surging Russian defence production
This article was first published for German newspaper FAZ (pdf). The English version was put out by Bruegel. Russia’s war against Ukraine is one of attrition (Vershinin, 2024), notwithstanding the daring Ukrainian operat...
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What role do imports play in European defence?
The European Union wants to reduce reliance on imported defence equipment, but the reliance seems to be overstated. Our analysis for Bruegel The European Defence Industrial Strategy (EDIS), published in March 2024, propo...
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Debt financing European air defence
A case can be made for financing European air defence through issuance of EU debt. Our analysis on Bruegel. Introduction Ukraine is not the only part of Europe vulnerable to missiles and air attacks[1]. Cu...
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European Union debt to boost European air defence
European Union borrowing could help fund air defence for the continent, while taking pressure off national defence budgets. Oped published on Bruegel, Economista, and others. Ukraine is not the only part of Europe v...
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Use the financial system to enforce export controls on Russia
Prohibition of Western tech exports to Russia is not working; rapid measures are needed to tighten up. Oped also published in FAZ and Le Monde Restrictions on exports of goods that are critical for Russia’s military indu...
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