Defence Budgets and Cooperation in Europe: Trends and Investments

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IRIS Notes, written by IRIS experts or IRIS associate fellow researchers offer an in-depth analysis of current affairs.Abstract:

The changes that have transformed the security landscape in and around Europe since 2014 have been significant. This second DBC study has two aims. Firstly, it looks more closely at European defence spending, with a view to ascertaining how much is devoted to investment and procurement across 31 European countries in 2016. Secondly, it analyses relevant developments in defence cooperation across Europe at bilateral, regional and mini-lateral levels, occurred between October 2015 and March 2016.