Columbia International Affairs Online: Working Papers

CIAO DATE: 02/2015

European Defense Trends: Briefing Update

Gregory Sanders, David J. Berteau, T.J. Cipoletti, Meaghan Doherty, Abby Fanlo

January 2015

Center for Strategic and International Studies

Abstract

A key determinant for European defense capabilities is the European defense market, which consists of three main elements: national defense budgets, the European defense acquisition regulatory environment, and the European defense and security industrial base.