The Emergence of EU Defense Research Policy: From Innovation to Militarization (Innovation, Technology, and Knowledge Management)

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. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxx Introduction (Nikolaos Karampekios, Iraklis Oikonomou, Elias Carayannis)....Pages 1-11 Front Matter ....Pages 13-13 Policy Entrepreneurship and Agenda Setting: Comparing and Contrasting the Origins of the European Research Programmes for Security and Defense (Andrew D. James)....Pages 15-43 The Horizon 2020 European Defence Research Program and the Economic Consequences of Military R&D (Guglielmo Carchedi)....Pages 45-56 EU Research and Technology Policy: Balancing Between the National and the EU Dimension (Charalampos Chrysomallidis)....Pages 57-73 Front Matter ....Pages 75-75 The Economics of European Defense Industrial Policy (Keith Hartley)....Pages 77-92 The Economic Imperative of Europeanizing Defense Innovation (Renaud Bellais)....Pages 93-109 European Collaboration in the Development of New Weapon Systems (Ron Matthews)....Pages 111-130 European Armament Collaboration: What We Can Learn from History and Concepts (Christian Mölling, Torben Schütz)....Pages 131-146 Front Matter ....Pages 147-147 A Technologically Guided Explanation of the (Delayed) Emergence of EU Military Research: The Curious Antecedent of the European Aeronautics Research Programme (Alessandra De Angelis)....Pages 149-179 The European Arms Industry, the European Commission and the Preparatory Action for Security Research: Business as Usual? (Nikolaos Karampekios, Iraklis Oikonomou)....Pages 181-204 The Emergence of the European Defence Research Programme (Jocelyn Mawdsley)....Pages 205-217 Front Matter ....Pages 219-219 Network Analysis of EU-Funded R&D Collaboration in the European Security Research Programme: Actors and Industries (Evangelos Siokas)....Pages 221-245 The European Parliament on Space: From Promoting Scientific Research to Supporting the Common Security and Defence Policy (Emmanuel Sigalas)....Pages 247-260 The EDA-European Commission Connection in EU Military R&D: Not Seeing the Forest for the Trees (Iraklis Oikonomou)....Pages 261-279 EU-NATO Cooperation: The Case of Defense R&D (Daniel Fiott)....Pages 281-297 Front Matter ....Pages 299-299 Toward an Authentic European Defence Research Strategy: Legal Aspects (Fréderic Mauro)....Pages 301-325 The Evolving Role of the EU in Space-Related Security and Defence Research (Lucia Marta)....Pages 327-335 Militarization of European Border Security (Mark Akkerman)....Pages 337-355 The Security Dimension in the Non-security FP7 Cooperation Thematic Areas (Nikolaos Karampekios)....Pages 357-376 Conclusion (Nikolaos Karampekios, Iraklis Oikonomou, Elias Carayannis)....Pages 377-380 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 epicenter - 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 among European R&D-related institutions, technology and research foundations of European security policy, past and present European armament collaborations, transatlantic R&D collaboration, the militarisation of border security. Organized into 5 sections, the contributing 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 programs in Europe is not new, the establishment of institutions like the European Defence Agency (EDA) is 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 authors representing 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. -- from back cover Annotation 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 asapproaches to arms production and R & D collaborationrelationships between European R & D-related institutionstechnology and research foundations of European security policypast and present European armament collaborationstransatlantic R & D collaborationthe 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 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