Defense industry
Semiconductors, High Tech, Trade Power: The German-American Partnership Seeks New Answers
Under the theme “Forging a Future-Ready Alliance,” representatives from politics, business, and research discussed the redefinition of German-American relations at the German-American Conference on May 11, 2026, in New York.
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Why New Players Will Decide Europe’s Security
Cumbersome platforms, long procurement cycles, and bureaucratic institutions: Sven Weizenegger explains why Europe is losing the competition for talent and technology because of its own structures.
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Can Europe Learn from Its Mistakes?
NATO veteran Dr. Stefanie Babst on a series of political missteps—and why Europe finally needs the courage to set things right.
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“A whole-of-society effort”
We stand at the threshold of a new world order. If the West fails to defend our liberal values, we will become the plaything of autocrats, emphasizes Inspector General Carsten Breuer.
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The costly search for defense capabilities
Europe is rearming — yet between geopolitical pressure, fragmented markets, and tightening budgets, a new distributional conflict is taking shape, analyzes IW-Director Michael Hüther.
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Waiting for the Big Bang: Executing the European Defense Build-Up in Germany
This policy brief analyzes the different funding mechanisms in the public and private sector for the German defense industry in the spirit of the Zeitenwende.
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