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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.

11.09.2018

PeSCo: The Lithuanian Perspective

by Margarita Šešelgytė, Studies Director, Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University

#29 - Policy Paper

PeSCo: The Dutch Perspective

by Dick Zandee, Head of the Security Unit, Senior Research Fellow, Clingendael Institute

#28 - Policy Paper

PeSCo: The Spanish Perspective

By Felix Arteaga, Senior Analyt, Real Instituto Elcano (RIE)

#27 - Policy Paper

11.06.2018

The European Defence Fund: Challenges and Opportunities for the Land Armament Industry

By Jean-Pierre Maulny

#26 - Comment

29.04.2018

Building the EDTIB beyond 2020

Ares Seminar Report - April 29, 2018, Brussels

ARES Seminar Report

27.02.2018

Defence Industrial Policy in Norway: Drivers and Influence

By Kjetil Hatlebakk Hove, Senior Research Fellow, Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI)

#25 - Policy Paper

19.01.2018

The Relationship between Prime contractors and SMEs. How to Best Manage and Fund Cooperative Programmes

by Patrick Bellouard, President, Eurodéfense France, et Antonio Fonfria, Professor of Applied Economics, Complutense University of Madrid

#24 - Policy Paper

09.01.2018

Defence industrial Policy in Finland. Drivers and Influence

by Charly Salonius-Pasternak, Senior Research Fellow, Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)

#23 - Policy Paper

28.11.2017

European preference, Strategic autonomy and the European Defence Fund

By Vincenzo Camporini, Vice-President, IAI, Keith Hartley, Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of York, Jean-Pierre Maulny, Deputy Director, IRIS, Dick Zandee, Senior Research Fellow, Clingendael

#22 - Report

25.09.2017

How to make PeSCo a success

By Olivier de France

#21 - Policy Paper

06.09.2017

Defence industrial links between the EU and the US

by Jean BELIN, Associate Professor, Chaire Economie de défense, Keith HARTLEY, Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of York, Sophie LEFEEZ, Associate Research Fellow, IRIS, Hilmar LINNENKAMP, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, SWP, Martin LUNDMARK, Associate Professor in Military technology, Swedish Defence College, Hélène MASSON, Senior Research Fellow, FRS, Jean-Pierre MAULNY, Deputy Director, IRIS, Alessandro R. UNGARO, Research Fellow, IAI

#20 - Report

28.08.2017

The Impact of Brexit on the European Armament Industry

By Olivier DE FRANCE, Research Director, IRIS, Bastian GIEGERICH, Director of Defence and Military Analysis, IISS, Alessandro MARRONE, Senior Fellow, IAI, Jean-Pierre MAULNY, Deputy Director, IRIS, Trevor TAYLOR, Professorial Research Fellow, RUSI

#19 - Report

26.07.2017

Defence and Industrial Policy in Poland

By Marcin Terlikowski, Head of European Security and Defence, PISM

#18 - Policy Paper

17.05.2017

Eu Regulatory Incentives for Armament Cooperation: Lessons from directive 2009/81/EC

By Edouard Simon, PhD Candidate – University Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne

#17 - Comment

11.05.2017

Promoting European Defence Cooperation and the Promise of Financial Incentives

by Daniel Fiott, Security and Defence Editor, the European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

#16 - Comment

13.04.2017

The Economics of European Defence: Some Additional Insights

by Jean Belin, Josselin Droff, and Julien Malizard, Chaire Économie de Défense

#15 - Comment

02.03.2017

Deploying Financial Tools in Support of European Defence Cooperation

by Guillaume de la Brosse, Adviser, European Political Strategy Centre, European Commission

#14 - Comment

21.12.2016

Achilles, The Tortoise And CSDP: The Way Forward for Europe’s Defence

By Olivier de France

Ares Group #13 - Comment

13.12.2016

Defence and Industrial Policy in Slovakia and the Czech Republic

by Martin Michelot, Deputy Director, EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy, and Milan Suplata, Security Policy Analyst

#12 - Policy Paper

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

Follow the Ares Group Activities

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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