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Joris Teer and Giuseppe Spatafora's Brief "When stars align: Leveraging European defence budgets to drive a dual-use tech boom" was quoted in Bloomberg, in an article that criticised Italy’s plan to classify spending on a bridge as defence expenditure.
"Clearer definitions, better coordination and ultimately more leadership are needed to ensure the blurred lines between military and civil infrastructure don’t vanish completely. The EUISS think tank recommends focusing on disruptive research and innovation via a European version of Darpa, the US Defense Department’s advanced research projects agency, more measures to attract top scientific talent and putting more European funding to work."