Launch of the Armement Industry European Research Group

USPA NEWS - The Armament Industry European Research Group (Ares Group) was created in 2016 by The French Institute for International and Strategic Affairs (IRIS), who coordinates the Group. The aim of the Ares Group, a high-level network of security and defence specialists across Europe.

THE ARES GROUP IS A EUROPEAN CONSORTIUM CREATED BY IRIS --------------------------------------------------------The Armament Industry European Research Group (Ares Group) was created in 2016 by The French Institute for International and Strategic Affairs (IRIS), who coordinates the Group. The aim of the Ares Group, a high-level network of security and defence specialists across Europe, is to provide a forum to the European armament community, bringing together top defence industrial policy specialists, to encourage fresh strategic thinking in the field, develop innovative policy proposals and conduct studies for public and private actors.------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ares Group Activities include publications (Comments, Policy Papers, Reports), which are freely available on the Group´s website. Policy Papers and Reports are written jointly by two or more experts to provide a cross-eyes approach to one subject. Two annual seminars take place in Brussels and Paris, supported by the material produced by the Group.--------------- Launching Paper -------------------------------------------------------------------------Armament Industry European Research Group: Presentation By the Ares Group´s Board (Jean-Pierre Maulny, Deputy Director, IRIS, Paris ; Carole Ferrand, General Directorate for Armament, Ministry of Defence, Paris ; Hilmar Linnenkamp, Advisor, SWP, Berlin ; Antonio Missiroli, Director, EUISS, Paris ; Nick Witney, Senior Policy Fellow, ECFR, London).