Defense industry
“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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