50 shades of procurement: the European defense trilemma in defense procurement strategies

IF 1.1 Q3 ECONOMICS Economics of Peace and Security Journal Pub Date : 2023-04-17 DOI:10.15355/epsj.18.1.18
Josselin Droff, J. Malizard
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This article examines the strategic choices of countries regarding their acquisition of defense equipment, given the strategic and economic constraints that they have faced since the end of the Cold War. As Augustine’s laws make it increasingly complicated to develop and produce all the necessary weapons for a single country, countries must balance the wishful thinking of preserving industrial strategic autonomy and the cost of doing so under the constraint of meeting the needs of their armed forces. We discuss a trilemma of the European countries between independence, manageable costs, and economic spinoff. We analyze several procurement alternatives, including national production, European cooperative production, licensed production, off-the-shelf purchase, leasing, and capacity abandonment. Maximizing both strategic and economic advantages, is a myth. There is no “silver bullet” in terms of acquisition choice, and the returns on investment depend on countries’ preferences, goals, and markets.
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采购的50种阴影:欧洲防务采购战略中的三难困境
鉴于冷战结束以来各国所面临的战略和经济限制,本文考察了各国在获取国防装备方面的战略选择。由于奥古斯丁定律使得为一个国家开发和生产所有必要的武器变得越来越复杂,各国必须在保持工业战略自主权的一厢情愿的想法和在满足其武装部队需求的约束下这样做的成本之间取得平衡。我们讨论了欧洲国家在独立、可控成本和经济衍生之间的三难困境。我们分析了几种采购方案,包括国内生产、欧洲合作生产、许可生产、现货采购、租赁和产能放弃。最大化战略和经济优势是一个神话。就收购选择而言,没有什么“灵丹妙药”,投资回报取决于各国的偏好、目标和市场。
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