# Publications

Reforming European defence procurement to boost military innovation and startups

European defence procurement practices must evolve to embrace innovative startups and small firms, in order to meet modern battlefield needs New Bruegel policy brief is here....

5th March 2026 by Ethan Kapstein, Javier Ospital, Guntram B. Wolff 1 views

# Blog, Interviews

Greenland is not marginal: the US takeover threat is a strategic test for Europe

European powers should provide backing for Nuuk and Copenhagen by establishing a greater military presence in Greenland. Versions of this First Glance have been published in Le Monde and in Handelsblatt. Following the 2 ...

6th January 2026 by Guntram Wolff 26 views

# Publications

Europe’s dependence on US foreign military sales and what to do about it

Our Bruegel policy brief is available here. Press: Financial Times, FAZ , El Pais, Oped: Handelsblatt, La libre belgique, To vima, Rzeczpospolita, Economista, Executive summary Worries about Europe’s dependence on the Un...

14th October 2025 by Juan Mejino-Lopez, Guntram Wolff 39 views

# Publications

Fit for war by 2030? European rearmament efforts vis-à-vis Russia

A new report for Bruegel and Kiel can be downloaded here....

22nd June 2025 by Alexandr Burilkov, Katelyn Bushnell, Juan Mejino-Lopez, Thomas Morgan, Guntram Wolff 50 views

# Publications

The governance and funding of European rearmament

Europe must accelerate rearmament through deeper cooperation and innovative governance to counter Russia’s aggression and shifting US policies. Our policy presented at the informal ECOFIN meeting in Warsaw on 12 April (l...

8th April 2025 by Guntram Wolff, Armin Steinbach, Jeromin Zettelmeyer 68 views

# Blog, Publications

Can American Abandonment Help Europe?

The Continent Has a Chance to Address Its Own Weaknesses – Our piece in Foreign Affairs...

7th January 2025 by Arancha González Laya, Camille Grand, Katarzyna Pisarska, Nathalie Tocci, and Guntram Wolff 90 views

# Blog, Publications

The US defence industrial base can no longer reliably supply Europe

Europe has long relied on US weapons but the US military industrial base faces constraints and its production may be redirected elsewhere. Our piece for Bruegel....

18th December 2024 by Alexander Burilkov, Juan Mejino López, Guntram Wolff 89 views

# Blog, Interviews

Europe stands increasingly alone on defence production and needs to act

Oped published on Bruegel, Welt, Le Monde, Rzeczpospolita and others. Europe must rebuild its defence industry; reliance on the US is no longer tenable, whatever the outcome of the US presidential election Europeans migh...

4th November 2024 by Alexandr Burilkov, Guntram Wolff 105 views

# 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 171 views

# Blog, Interviews

Anpassung an den Energieschock. Das sind die Prioritäten für Deutschland und Zentraleuropa

Oped in die WELT Guntram Wolff Deutschland und die mittel- und osteuropäischen Länder erleben seit dem Anfang des Krieges einen außergewöhnlichen Energieschock. Im Laufe eines halben Jahres hat ihr wichtigster Erdgaslief...

16th December 2022 by Guntram Wolff 214 views