On The Outside Looking In: Turkiye’s Peripheral Role in European Defence-industrial Collaboration Since the End of the Cold War

Table of Contents

• On The Outside Looking In Turkiyes Peripheral Role in European Defence-industrial Collaboration Since the End of the Cold War 1
• Contents 3
• Selected Acronyms 4 3
• Executive Summary 5 3
• Introduction 6 3
• 1. After the Cold War The High Point of European Defence-industrial 3
• Consolidation 19912001 8 3
• 2. The Second Wave of Consolidation 200213 14 3
• 3. War in Europe 201421 20 3
• 4. Painful Rearmament 2022present 25 3
• Conclusion 30 3
• Notes 31 3
• Selected Acronyms 4
• Executive Summary 5
• Introduction 6
• 1. After the Cold War The High Point of European Defence-industrial Consolidation 19912001 8
• The Context of Consolidation 8
• OCCAR the LoI and the Beginning of EU Defence Cooperation 8
• Reacting to the New Landscape A Decade of Consolidation 10
• Coming to Fruition but Reduced in Scope Eurofighter NH90 and Tiger 11
• Turkiye A Unique Path 12
• 2. The Second Wave of Consolidation 200213 14
• A Short-lived Return to Defence- spending Growth 14
• The Beginnings of EU Defence Policy NSPA Lancaster House and NORDEFCO 14
• A Widening of MA Activity 17
• The Long Road to Capability A400M FREMM Boxer and F-35 17
• Turkiye The First Indigenous Designs 19
• 3. War in Europe 201421 20
• An Inflection Point but Little Change 20
• The EU Enters the Defence Market 20
• Consolidation at a Snails Pace 21
• The Next Generation of Joint Programmes FCAS MGCS Eurodrone and others 22
• The Militarisation of Turkish Foreign Policy 23
• 4. Painful Rearmament 2022present 25
• War in Ukraine 25
• New Initiatives to Boost Production 25
• Expanding Capacity and Looking Ahead 27
• New Partners MMPC GCAP and Korean Imports 27
• Turkiye A Balancing Act in Europe and Widening of Global Exports 28
• Conclusion 30