Report Rollout: European Defense Trends

Report Rollout: European Defense Trends

Budgets, Regulatory Frameworks, and the Industrial Base

The Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group hosts the rollout of its new report on European defense trends.

The international security challenges facing European governments are more complex than ever. In parallel, the economic recession has forced governments to make difficult choices in their defense budgets that will greatly affect their near- and long-term military capabilities.

This comprehensive report analyzes national defense budgets of 37 European countries, the European defense acquisition regulatory environment, and the European defense industrial base between 2001 and 2009. It integrates the analysis of these elements to provide a broader basis for assessing past and future trends in European defense policies and capabilities. 

Hosted by
David J. Berteau
Senior Adviser, and Director, CSIS Defense Industrial Initiatives Group

Comments on the report will be provided by

Stephen Flanagan
Senior Vice President and Henry A. Kissinger Chair, CSIS

Jim Townsend
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy

Friday, November 5, 2010, 8:30a.m. to 11:00a.m. 

B1 Conference Center
CSIS
1800 K Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C.

An annotated brief of this report with 2008 data is available at: http://csis.org/files/publication/100518_European_Defense_Trends.pdf