European states have long sought to collaborate on defence-industrial projects. Turkiye has been largely absent from this, despite the country’s much-improved industrial capability. As part of a joint project with the Center for Foreign Policy and Peace Research, this report explores how European defence-industrial cooperation has developed and how Turkiye has interacted with it.
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Karl Dewey, Haena Jo, Fenella McGerty, Ester Sabatino, Tom Waldwyn
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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
