THE TRANSATLANTIC DEFENCE R&D GAP: CAUSES, CONSEQUENCES AND CONTROVERSIES

Andrew James

Defence and Peace Economics, 2006, vol. 17, issue 3, 223-238

Abstract: This paper describes the huge gap in defence R&D expenditure between the United States and Western Europe, considers the causes and consequences of this transatlantic defence R&D gap and analyses some of the controversies that surround it. The paper notes that concerns about the R&D gap are as old as NATO itself and should be placed in the context of wider debates about transatlantic burden-sharing. Current efforts to promote European cooperation on defence R&D may help Europe to spend more wisely in the future but will do little to reduce a transatlantic gap that has at its heart profound differences in strategic outlook between the United States and Europe.

Keywords: Defence R&D; Transatlantic relations; NATO; Burden-sharing; European science and technology policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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