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Burkard Schmitt

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    01January 2005
    L'Europe politique, une idée neuve
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    L'Europe politique serait-elle une idée neuve ? Traditionnellement, et une fois scellée la réconciliation de l’après-guerre, le projet politique européen s’était identifié avec l’édification d’une Europe acteur global, capable d’agir à l’unisson et de façonner le système international à partir de son énorme puissance économique et financière.

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    01September 2004
    EU enlargement and armaments. Defence industries and markets of the Visegrad countries
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    Since the end of the Cold War, the armaments sector in the Visegrad countries has gone through an important downsizing process. Shrinking home markets and the disruption of the Warsaw Pact cooperation mechanisms have put defence industries in the region under enormous pressure.

  • 14June 2004
    L'armement terrestre doit s'organiser
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    A partir d'aujourd'hui, les entreprises d'armement terrestre et aéroterrestre vont se réunir à Paris lors du salon international Eurosatory. Côté européen, l'ambiance sera sans doute mitigée. La situation reste difficile en particulier pour les producteurs de chars et de véhicules blindés, qui forment le noyau dur de l'industrie d'armement terrestre.

  • 01March 2004
    Progress towards the European Defence Agency
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    European governments have since the early 1990s launched numerous initiatives to strengthen their armament cooperation. All these have been outside the EU framework because its member states have traditionally excluded armaments from the European integration process.

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    01March 2004
    One year on: lessons from Iraq
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    The war on Iraq was without any doubt the main international event in the security arena in 2003. In 2004, the ramifications of the war are taking centre stage as policy-makers gauge the future of Iraq, the Middle East, transatlantic relations and the role of international organisations.

  • 01January 2004
    A proposed armaments, research and capabilities agency
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    Debate on proposals in the Constitutional Treaty to create a European Armaments, Military Capabilities and Research Agency show that national governments mostly are no longer hostile in principle to EU involvement in armaments policy.

  • 01January 2004
    Vers l'Agence européenne d'Armement, de Recherche et de Capacités
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    Depuis le début des années 1990, les gouvernements européens ont lancé de nombreuses initiatives pour renforcer leur coopération dans le domaine de l'armement. Toutes ces initiatives se sont développées en dehors du cadre de l'Union européenne (UE). En effet, les Etats membres ont traditionnellement exclu la question de l'armement du processus européen d'intégration, préférant organiser leur coopération dans d'autres forums.

  • 01January 2004
    European Land Armaments: Time for Political Will
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    In mid-June, land and land-air defence equipment manufacturers from all over the world will gather in Paris for the international exhibition "Eurosatory 2004". A major event for the global defence community, this biennial show traditionally provides an opportunity to not only present the latest technological developments, but also take stock of the situation of the industry

  • 01December 2003
    Towards a European Defence Equipment Market?
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    Up until now, EU member states have excluded armaments from the European integration process and have cooperated in this field outside the EU framework. However, there is a fair chance today that this will change: both the work of the Convention on the Future of Europe and the debate on the recent Commission Communication on a common defence equipment policy indicate a greater readiness among national governments vis-à-vis a possible EU involvement in armaments

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    01December 2003
    Fighting proliferation — European perspectives
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    Since the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 and the war in Iraq, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction has become a top priority for European policy-makers. According to the European Security Strategy, it is potentially the greatest threat to the EU’s security, in particular if it is linked to terrorism.

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