Jade Guiberteau and Julien Malizard took part in the 17e defence and security economics workshop, organised in Ottawa (Carleton University) by the’Canadian Defence Associations Institute (CDA Institute), the Norman Paterson School for International Affairs (Carleton University), the John Deutsch Institute (Queen's University), the Royal Military College of Canada and the Canadian defence and security network.
This is a a major event in defence economics which brings together a large number of researchers, particularly from North American universities.
Julien Malizard presented a study, co-authored with Josselin Droff, Jade Guiberteau, Camille Laville and Laure Noël (formerly a researcher at the Chair and now an associate researcher), on the process of aircraft acquisition in Europe since the end of the Cold War. Using data collected in the Military Balance, the fleet of fighter aircraft, helicopters, transport aircraft and UAVs is analysed in detail: each aircraft is identified according to the manufacturer's origin and the year it was brought into service. Using this data, two dynamics of the Europeanisation process are examined in a market analysis: on the supply side, the trend towards industrial cooperation suggests a potential for rationalisation of the industrial base (in the case of helicopters and transport aircraft), while on the demand side, common needs or the integration of Eastern European countries suggest new outlets. The results indicate that the dynamics of Europeanisation are uneven across markets (relatively weak in fighter aircraft and significant in helicopters) and that no common European acquisition strategy is emerging.
In addition, Jade Guiberteau and Julien Malizard discussed the two papers presented during the workshop. The first looked at the role of international sanctions on Russian arms exports. The second analysed Canadian defence spending.
