Analyses
 
 
06.12.2024
Ukraine, Europe and Trump
The Political and Geostrategic Observatory of the United States
By Lincoln Mitchell, Political analyst, writer, Professor at Columbia University
 
 
06.12.2024
Ukraine, Europe and Trump
Observatoire politique et géostratégique des États-Unis
By Lincoln Mitchell, Political analyst, writer, Professor at Columbia University
 
 
04.12.2024
Integrated Arsenals? Mapping Defence Industrial Relations Between Europe and Ukraine
ARES - Armament Industry European Research Group
By Daniel Fiott, Non-Resident Fellow, Real Instituto Elcano and Professor, Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy – VUB
 
 
02.12.2024
EU Defence Industrial Policy and Strategic Autonomy: how to square the circle with NATO?
Europe, Strategy, Security Programme
 
 
08.11.2024
By The French Institute for International and Strategic Affairs (IRIS)
Ahead of the Prague Defence Summit on November 10, 2024, the IISS published a dossier that presents a “reassessment” of the figures IRIS published in September 2023 regarding the European defence equipment market since the start of the war in Ukraine. The differences in this “reassessment” can be explained by...
 
 
31.10.2024
The Defence Industry: What Challenges for the New European Parliament?
ARES - Armament Industry European Research Group
By ARES Group
 
 
28.10.2024
American Nihilism: Is the US Democracy in Peril?
The Political and Geostrategic Observatory of the United States
By Emmanuel Kattan, Director of the Alliance Program and Lecturer in the French Department, Columbia University
 
 
08.10.2024
What Are the Main Drivers of Member States’ Defence Procurement Practices? The Dutch Case
ARES - Armament Industry European Research Group
By Dick Zandee, Head of the Security & Defence Programme, Clingendael Institute (The Hague)
 
 
01.10.2024
What Is the Perception of Defence Industrial Partnerships with the EDTIB by Non-EU Countries? The US Perspectives: Transforming European Defense By 2030
ARES - Armament Industry European Research Group
By Gregory Sanders, Deputy Director and Fellow, Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), and Maeve Sockwell, Analyst, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
 
 
23.09.2024
Understanding the Challenges of EDIP and European Defence: The Main Proposals on the Table Isolated and Explained
ARES - Armament Industry European Research Group
 
 
18.09.2024
Can the EU become a Defence Customer in its own right?
Europe, Strategy, Security Programme
 
 
11.09.2024
Despite the fact that the war in Gaza that began with the Hamas attacks on October 7 has been going on for almost a year now, the conflict still seems far from resolved. The United States and Europe are showing great passivity in their activism to obtain a ceasefire, taking no real coercive measures...
 
 
03.09.2024
What Are the Main Drivers of Member States’ Defence Procurement Practices? The Italian Case
ARES - Armament Industry European Research Group
By Alessandro Marrone, Head of Defence Programme, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)
 
 
30.08.2024
Change and Continuity in the 2024 Election
The Political and Geostrategic Observatory of the United States
By Lincoln Mitchell, Political analyst, Writer, and Teacher at Columbia University
 
 
22.07.2024
  In view of the explosion in the AI chip market, the shortage of Nvidia GPUs and their exorbitant prices, many American, European and Taiwanese companies dream of overtaking Jensen Huang’s company. Nvidia’s hegemony is set to endure, given the excellence of its GPUs for AI and the software empire...
 
 
10.07.2024
World Climate and Security Report 2024: Military Innovation and the Climate Challenge
Programme Climat, énergie et sécurité
 
 
10.07.2024
What Trump 2.0 Would Mean for Canada
The Political and Geostrategic Observatory of the United States
By Frédérick Gagnon, Full Professor of Political Science, Université du Québec à Montréal
 
 
02.07.2024
What Are the Main Drivers of Member States’ Defence Procurement Practices? The Greek Case
ARES - Armament Industry European Research Group
By Christos Kollias, Department of Economics, University of Thessaly, Greece
 
 
26.06.2024
  In the run-up to the Iranian presidential election on 28 June 2024, the political landscape is marked by major internal challenges. Against the backdrop of recent events, the parliamentary elections in March 2024, a widespread economic slump, repeated social revolts and the tense relationship with Israel. The political scene...
 
IRIS notes
IRIS Notes, written by IRIS experts or IRIS associate fellow researchers offer an in-depth analysis of current affairs.
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Ares Group
The aim of the Ares Group, a high-level network of security and defence specialists across Europe, is to provide a forum to the European armament community, bringing together top defence industrial policy specialists, to encourage fresh strategic thinking in the field, develop innovative policy proposals and conduct studies for public and private actors.
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Global Health Think tank
Under the leadership of Nathalie Ernoult and Dr. Anne Senequier, the “Global Health” Think Tank’s ambition is to create an open and lively space for reflection where the powers that influence standards and regulatory frameworks in global health, are examined and analysed by our network of experts.
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Humanitarian Affairs Think Tank
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Observatoire de la prospective humanitaire
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IARAN - The Inter-Agency Regional Analysts Network
The IARAN operating model is to create an analytical capacity in humanitarian organizations that can exploit both qualitative and quantitative methods, tools and approaches to drive strategic foresight for the sector. It is defined by several key elements, its partnership approach (which it is hoping to grow), innovation in tools and methods, and continuous learning.
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Geostrategic Observatory on Sport
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EPOSM – Evidence-based Prevention Of Sporting-related Match-fixing
EPOSM project is a Erasmus+ collaborative partnership between academic and on-the-field organisations which studies sporting-related match-fixing in different sport disciplines on a European level and organizes tailor-made training sessions.
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Observatory on Turkey and its Geopolitical Environment
The Observatory on Turkey and its geopolitical environment aims to contribute to a better understanding of the political, social, economic, cultural and geopolitical evolutions of contemporary Turkey.
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Observatory on the Analysis of the Political Mutations taking place in the Arab World
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Geopolitical Observatory of Sustainability
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Geopolitical Observatory on the Religious Factor
The Geopolitical Observatory on the Religious Factor aims to shed light on the complex relationship between religion and the modern world.
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Strategic Observatory of Asia
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Geostrategic Observatory on Information
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Strategic and Economic Observatory on the Post-Soviet Space
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