# Blog, Interviews

Less complacency, more investment: a European defence procurement strategy would be cheaper

Oped published in Handelsblatt, Corriere della Serra, Helsingin, Bruegel and others. Two and a half years into Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the question of armaments and the speed of military procurement a...

11th October 2024 by Guntram Wolff 214 views

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Fit for war in decades: sluggish German rearmament versus surging Russian defence production

This article was first published for German newspaper FAZ (pdf). The English version was put out by Bruegel. Russia’s war against Ukraine is one of attrition (Vershinin, 2024), notwithstanding the daring Ukrainian operat...

16th September 2024 by Guntram B. Wolff, Alexandr Burilkov, Katelyn Bushnell, Ivan Kharitonov 267 views

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What role do imports play in European defence?

The European Union wants to reduce reliance on imported defence equipment, but the reliance seems to be overstated. Our analysis for Bruegel The European Defence Industrial Strategy (EDIS), published in March 2024, propo...

4th July 2024 by Juan Mejino Lopez, Guntram B. Wolff 274 views

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Debt financing European air defence

A case can be made for financing European air defence through issuance of EU debt. Our analysis on Bruegel. Introduction Ukraine is not the only part of Europe vulnerable to missiles and air attacks[1]. Cu...

28th June 2024 by Armin Steinbach, Guntram Wolff 245 views

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European Union debt to boost European air defence

European Union borrowing could help fund air defence for the continent, while taking pressure off national defence budgets. Oped published on Bruegel, Economista, and others. Ukraine is not the only part of Europe v...

5th June 2024 by Guntram Wolff 215 views

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Use the financial system to enforce export controls on Russia

Prohibition of Western tech exports to Russia is not working; rapid measures are needed to tighten up. Oped also published in FAZ and Le Monde Restrictions on exports of goods that are critical for Russia’s military indu...

29th April 2024 by Benjamin Hilgenstock, Elina Ribakova, Anna Vlasyuk, Guntram B. Wolff 200 views

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The European defence industrial strategy: important, but raising many questions

The European defence industrial strategy helps to focus thinking but has significant flaws This was first published on Bruegel. In the context of the war in Ukraine and the deteriorating security situation on the contine...

19th March 2024 by Guntram Wolff 308 views

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What We Need is a European Armament Commissioner

Opinion article in Politico. The current procurement model isn’t only expensive, fragmented and bureaucratic but, above all, it won’t be enough to counter the real threat posed by Putin. The current situation is deeply w...

3rd March 2024 by Guntram Wolff 213 views

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Fragmentiert, bürokratisch – und überhaupt: viel zu wenig

Meinungsbeitrag in ZEIT Europa gibt fast dreimal so viel für Verteidigung aus wie Russland – und doch reicht es nicht. Strukturelle Probleme erschweren ein engeres, gemeinsames Auftreten....

22nd February 2024 by Guntram Wolff 198 views

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Making European Strategic Autonomy Work

This article was first published in Project Syndicate, on November 24, 2023. Spain is using its EU Council presidency to flesh out the concept of “open strategic autonomy” with a new, detailed blueprint for a...

5th December 2023 by Charles Powell, Nathalie Tocci, Guntram Wolff 226 views