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Despite the lingering recession in Western Europe and the East's continuing economic adjustment to market economies, a wide array of commercial opportunities exists for U.S. firms. The region possesses a number of well diversified economies that exhibit growing demand for high technology products in commercial and defense sectors and, thus, provides a wide variety of trade opportunities for U.S. firms. The expansion of the European Union to the EFTA nations and to Central Europe will facilitate entry into numerous markets. The history of strong political, military and economic ties to Western Europe and the deepening of similar relationships with the former Warsaw Pact nations are a solid base for success in both commercial and defense markets. The European Diversification and Defense Market Guide is intended to provide current information to U.S. firms interested in dual-use and/or defense trade opportunities in this established and diversified region. Section 1, Getting Started, provides important information on U.S. Government policies and organizations involved in trade with Europe. This section corresponds with the guidance provided in the Defense Department's Selling to the Allies publication. Section II, Country Profiles, consists of chapters for each country and includes the following sections. Overview, Defense Industry Environment, Defense Opportunities, Defense Procurement Process, Diversification/Commercial Opportunities, Doing Business in, and U.S. Government Points of Contact.
Document from the year 2008 in the subject Politics - Topic: European Union, grade: 1, Anglia Ruskin University, language: English, abstract: This work examines the strategic options for companies in the European defence sector, taking into account the drastic changes the industry will be faced with in the coming years. It explores the players in the market, assesses their market position in their respective national industry and forecasts their potential position in a common European defence market. It explores duplication and absence of armaments and technological skills as well as the reasons for them. The paper suggests strategies to overcome the aforementioned market distortions and provides options for companies to deal with the situation favourably. Moreover, it explores the U.S. defence industry, which was confronted with severe market changes after the fall of the Berlin Wall. The research relied mainly on data issued by European Union institutions, strategic research institutions, company annual reports, international organizations such as NATO, and financial newspapers in order to cover recent events. Data was analyzed using the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index and other mainly comparative ratios in order to collate markets, companies, and structures. The work provides an empirical analysis of market conditions that shows that European national defence markets are highly concentrated, whereas the U.S. market is unconcentrated. It illustrates reasons for this condition and presents ways to change the concentration in the market. The research contributes towards the rather low number of studies that have been conducted in the field of European armaments. It provides a foundation for potential supplementary studies that could be concerned with an assessment of the effectiveness of legal and other initiatives used to streamline the European defence industry. Keywords – Armaments, Market structure, Defence sector, European Union
This book explores European security and defense R&D policy, unveiling the strategic, industrial, institutional and ideational sources of the European Commission’s military research initiative. Starting from a well-defined empirical epicentre—the rise of non-civilian R&D priorities in the European Union—this book covers interrelated themes and topics such as approaches to arms production and R&D collaboration relationships between European R&D-related institutions technology and research foundations of European security policy past and present European armament collaborations transatlantic R&D collaboration the militarization of border security. Divided into 5 sections, the enclosed chapters explore the EU technology and innovation policy in regards to security, industrial competitiveness and military capabilities. The terrorist attacks in the US on September 11, 2001 provided a window of opportunity for the introduction of security as a distinct European R&D priority. In fact, since 2002, the Preparatory Action for Security Research (PASR) has funded 45 million euros to 39 research consortia to conduct security R&D. While the idea of pooling defense research efforts and programmes in Europe is not new, the establishment of institutions like the European Defense Agency (EDA) are a major step into institutionalizing European agencies involvement in supporting defense technology research. It is against this backdrop of policy developments that this book is positioned, in addition to addressing some of the political, economic, industrial and philosophical questions that arise. Featuring contributions from a variety of academic fields and industries, this book will be of interest to scholars, researchers, students and policy makers in the fields of security policy, international relations, innovation, European studies and military studies.
This documented briefing analyzes the European defense market by focusing on distinct market segments, which comprise major platforms and selected subsystems. This document is divided into four parts: ̂After establishing the broad objectives of RAND research on the European defense market as well as the specific goals and scope of this particular project, the first part of the briefing provides an overview of the European defense industry, its key characteristics, and a broad comparison with the U.S. defense industry. ̂The second part of this briefing presents an analysis by industry segment, concentrating on major platforms and selected subsystems. Each market segment is characterized by some firms that act as market leaders, others that are less dominant but still major market players, and minor or niche players. The structural relationships and linkages among industrial players can be quite complicated, and may differ by segment. Furthermore, each market segment is characterized by varying degrees of concentration and by distinct trends. ̂The third part of this document sets the stage for projecting the structure of the European defense market in the near term. This projection is accomplished through the identification of the key driving forces behind the structure and performance of the European defense market today. ̂The concluding part of this briefing offers suggestions for related follow-on research on the European defense market.
An engaging assessment of the theoretical debates on the EU's Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP). The contributions to this volume bring together sophisticated theoretical frameworks and extensive empirical research. Pluralistic in its approach, the volume emphasizes the role of conceptual diversity for better explaining the EU's CSDP.
This documented briefing analyzes the European defense market by focusing on distinct market segments, which comprise major platforms and selected subsystems. This document is divided into four parts: * After establishing the broad objectives of RAND research on the European defense market as well as the specific goals and scope of this particular project, the first part of the briefing provides an overview of the European defense industry, its key characteristics, and a broad comparison with the U.S. defense industry. * The second part of this briefing presents an analysis by industry segment, concentrating on major platforms and selected subsystems. Each market segment is characterized by some firms that act as market leaders, others that are less dominant but still major market players, and minor or niche players. The structural relationships and linkages among industrial players can be quite complicated, and may differ by segment. Furthermore, each market segment is characterized by varying degrees of concentration and by distinct trends. * The third part of this document sets the stage for projecting the structure of the European defense market in the near term. This projection is accomplished through the identification of the key driving forces behind the structure and performance of the European defense market today. * The concluding part of this briefing offers suggestions for related follow-on research on the European defense market.