Taking Multi-domain Operations from Theory to Practice
Multi-domain operations (MDO) originated in the US amid rising concerns that improving precision strike weapons, combined with increasingly capable anti-access/area-denial (A2/AD) capabilities, would…
Elio Calcagno, Bryan Clark, Alessandro Marrone, Nicolò Murgia, Karolina Muti, Pietro Serino
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The European Defence Industry Programme: The Last Piece of the EU Defence Puzzle?
EDIP completes the EU’s emerging defence-industrial toolkit, offering a modest 2026-2027 budget but a scalable framework that will shape larger post-2028 instruments.EDIP’s value lies in structuring…
Trans-Atlantic Critical Mineral Supply Chain Cooperation
The intensifying US-China competition has profound implications for critical mineral supply chains (CMSCs), affecting trade, export controls and market dynamics. US and European firms face…
The New Partnership among Italy, Japan and the UK on the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP)
The Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) launched by Italy, Japan and the UK in 2022 represents a novel partnership among the three countries for the development and production of a next-generation…