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ARES – Armament Industry European Research Group

Objective
The Armament Industry European Research Group (Ares Group) was created in 2016 by The French Institute for International and Strategic Affairs (IRIS), who coordinates the 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.

Group members
The club brings together experienced armament policy and defence industrial policy experts, working accross European universities and think tanks.

Activities
• Publications:
- Comments: short-format opinion pieces
- Policy Papers: medium format notes
- Reports: long format studies
These publications are freely available on the Group’s website. Policy Papers and Reports are written jointly by two or more experts to provide a cross-eyes approach to one subject.
• Two annual seminars take place in Brussels and Paris supported by the material produced by the Group.

30.11.2023

Financing the EDTIB to ensure the Security and the Sustainability of the European Industrial Model

By ARES Group

ARES Group #88 - Seminar Report

14.11.2023

Italy’s Perception of the EU Defence Industrial « Toolbox »

By Alessandro Marrone, Head of Defence Programme, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)

ARES Group #87 - Comment

07.11.2023

Sweden’s Perception of the EU Defence Industrial « Toolbox »

By Lorenzo Scarazzato, Research Assistant, The SIPRI Military Expenditure and Arms Production Programme

ARES Group #86 - Comment

06.10.2023

What future European Defence and Technological Industrial Basis (EDTIB) do we want/need? The German case

By Leonard Schütte, Senior Researcher at the Munich Security Conference

ARES Group #85 - Comment

25.07.2023

What future European Defence and Technological Industrial Basis (EDTIB) do we want/need? The Italian case

By Ester Sabatino, Research Analyst, Defence and Military Analysis, IISS-Europe

ARES Group #84 - Comment

18.07.2023

Russia’s war against Ukraine: A new impetus for the harmonisation of European arms export policies? A trilateral perspective from France, Germany, and Sweden

By Lucie Béraud-Sudreau, Director of the Military Expenditure and Arms Production Programme (SIPRI), Pia Fuhrhop, Deputy Head of Research Division (SWP), Jean-Pierre Maulny, Deputy Director (IRIS), and Christian Mölling, Deputy Director (DGAP)

ARES Group #83 - Policy Paper

12.06.2023

European military budgets after the war in Ukraine : more cohesion or fragmentation? The German case

Ares Podcast with Christian Mölling, Deputy Director of DGAPs Research Institute, Head of the Center for Security and Defense and ARES Scientific advisor, gives some insights on the German case. An episode hosted by Gaspard Schnitzler, Research Fellow at IRIS.

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16.05.2023

War in Ukraine: How to gear up European Defence and propel the European Defence and Technological Industrial Base?

ARES Group #82 - ARES Seminar Report

30.03.2023

EDIRPA/EDIP: Risks and opportunities of future joint procurement incentives for the European defence market

By Gaspard Schnitzler

ARES Group #81 - Policy Paper

20.03.2023

Articulating ESG Criteria and the Financing of the EDTIB: A Prospective View

By Sylvie Matelly

ARES Group #80 - Policy Paper

02.03.2023

European military budgets after the war in Ukraine : more cohesion or fragmentation? The Italian case

Ares Podcast with Alessandro Marrone, Head of defence programme at the Istituto Affari Internazionali, gives some insights on the Italian case. An episode hosted by Gaspard Schnitzler, Research Fellow at IRIS.

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17.02.2023

European military budgets after the war in Ukraine : more cohesion or fragmentation? The Belgian case

Ares Podcast with Alexander Mattelaer, Senior Research Fellow at Egmont and associate professor at the VUB Brussels School of Governance, gives some insights on the Belgian case. An episode hosted by Gaspard Schnitzler, Research Fellow at IRIS.

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11.01.2023

European military budgets after the war in Ukraine : more cohesion or fragmentation? The Spanish case

Ares Podcast with Felix Arteaga, Senior Analyst at the Elcano Royal Institute, gives some insights on the Spanish case. An episode hosted by Gaspard Schnitzler, Research Fellow at IRIS.

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02.01.2023

Critical technologies and industrial capabilities: National definition and policy implications. The case of Baltic States

By Prof. Margarita Šešelgytė, Director of the Institute of International Relations and Political Science at Vilnius University and Emilė Indrašiūtė, PhD student at the Institute of International Relations and Political Science at Vilnius University

ARES Group #79 - Policy paper

20.12.2022

European military budgets after the war in Ukraine : more cohesion or fragmentation? The Polish case

Ares Podcast with Marcin Terlikowski, Deputy Head of Research Office at the Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM). Hosted by Gaspard Schnitzler, Research Fellow at IRIS.

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13.12.2022

European military budgets after the war in Ukraine : more cohesion or fragmentation? The Lithuanian case

Ares Podcast with Margarita Šešelgytė, Honorary Fellow at the Baltic Defense College, Director of the Institute of International Relations and Political Science at Vilnius University, and Scientific advisor of ARES. Hosted by Gaspard Schnitzler, Research Fellow at IRIS.

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29.11.2022

European military budgets after the war in Ukraine : more cohesion or fragmentation? The Swedish case

Ares Podcast with Per Olsson, Senior Researcher at the Swedish Defence Research Agency. Hosted by Gaspard Schnitzler, Research Fellow at IRIS.

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22.11.2022

European military budgets after the war in Ukraine : more cohesion or fragmentation? The United Kingdom case

Ares Podcast with Trevor Taylor, Professorial Research Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), and Scientific advisor of ARES. Hosted by Gaspard Schnitzler, Research Fellow at IRIS.

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09.11.2022

European military budgets after the war in Ukraine : more cohesion or fragmentation? The Dutch case

Ares Podcast with Dick Zandee, Senior Research Fellow, Head of the Security Unit at the Clingendael Institute. Hosted by Gaspard Schnitzler, Research Fellow at IRIS.

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Contact

Pilots

Jean-Pierre Maulny, Federico Santopinto, Maxime Cordet and Olivier de France

+33 (0)1 53 27 60 60

Ares Organization

Steering Board and Scientific Commitee About ARES Group

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The ARES Podcast Series

Videos

Unpacking the defence package: a new step towards a European defence ?

28.02.2022

Webinar organized by the ARES group about the “defence package” published by the European Commission.

Unpacking the space package: a contribution towards greater European resilience in space?

03.03.2022

Webinar organized by the ARES group about the “space package” published by the European Commission.

New models of defence innovation: From national perspectives to a collective EU action ?

29.03.2022

Conference organized by the ARES group in Brussels.

EDTIB in war time: replenishment and other challenges of high intensity conflict

14.10.2022

Webinar organized by the ARES Group.

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