Will defense pay the price for the crisis?

Takeoff of a Rafale plane from the Mérignac base (France), July 27, 2020. V. Almansa / Dassault Aviation / AFP

By: Marie-France Chatin Follow

2 min

The international context has tended to deteriorate over the past ten years.

The world is more uncertain.

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The areas of confrontation are multiplying near Europe: Turkey and the Eastern Mediterranean, Ukraine, Libya, Sahel… in a context of exacerbated technological war and strong strategic competition between China and EEUU.

In addition, for Europe, there is uncertainty about the American umbrella and divergent opinions around the creation of a European defense ensuring the strategic autonomy of the Old Continent desired by France.

The Covid-19 and the crisis generated by the very sharp slowdown in economic activity add worry to the uncertainty.

Concern about the consequences of the pandemic on budgets and the shares allocated to Defense.

The question arises everywhere ... in Europe, in the USA where we see the "hawks" defending the Pentagon credits after the trillions of dollars injected in the support of the American economy.

The question worries up to the NATO summit, already weakened by the criticisms of Donald Trump and the policies of the Turkish president.

Look at future priorities and the challenges for states in terms of defense.

How is the pandemic redistributing the cards?

Guests:

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president of the Association ASER Action, Sécurité, Éthique Républicaines

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, economist.

Associate researcher at IRES, Institute for Economic and Social Research and at Cemotev, Center for Studies on Globalization, Conflicts, Territories and Vulnerabilities - University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.

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, specialist in defense issues and deputy director of IRIS, Institute of International and Strategic Relations.

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