Programme
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.
The club brings together experienced armament policy and defence industrial policy experts, working accross European universities and think tanks.
ARES Group’s activities:
• Publications:
– Comments: short-format opinion pieces
– Policy Papers: medium format notes
– Reports: long format studies
These publications 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.
Notes / Ares Group - The Armament Industry European Research Group
4 December 2024
Non-Resident Fellow, Real Instituto Elcano and Professor, Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy – VUB
Notes / Ares Group - The Armament Industry European Research Group
15 October 2024
Associate professor, Ludovika University of Public Service, Faculty of Military Science and Officer Training
Notes / Ares Group - The Armament Industry European Research Group
8 October 2024
Head of the Security & Defence Programme, Clingendael Institute
Jean-Pierre Maulny
Deputy Director of IRIS, president of ARES Steering Board
Nicolas Casanova
Director of Institutional Relations France and Europe, KNDS France
Didier Gondallier de Tugny
EU/NATO Affairs Advisor, MBDA
Alexandre Houle
Strategy Director, Thales
Hilmar Linnenkamp
Advisor, SWP, Berlin
Nick Witney
Senior Policy Fellow, ECFR, London
Jan-Joel Andersson
Senior Analyst, EU Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)
Renaud Bellais
Associate researcher, Université Grenoble Alpes
Daniel Fiott
Head, Defence and Statecraft Programme, Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy, Brussels School of Governance; Assistant Professor, Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Non-Resident Fellow, Real Instituto Elcano
Bastian Giegerich
Director-General and Chief Executive, IISS
Alessandro Marrone
Head of Defence Programme, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)
Sylvie Matelly
Director, Institut Jacques Delors
Christian Mölling
Director Europe, Bertelsmann Stiftung
Ester Sabatino
Research Associate for Defence and Military Analysis, IISS Europe
Gaspard Schnitzler
Head of bilateral affairs Europe, Safran
Margarita Šešelgytė
Director at the Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University
Trevor Taylor
Professorial Research Fellow, Defence, Industries and Society, RUSI
Dick Zandee
Head of the Security & Defence Programme, Clingendael Institute