Towards a Resilient Europe: Innovations in Defence and Security
summary
Europe lacks strategic autonomy and shows concrete shortfalls: 4–5 days of ammunition, 18,000 → 3,000 tanks and 3,600 → ~1,000 combat aircraft since 1992, and many European NATO members now spend less on defense than Russia. Defense R&D is underfunded (about 4% of budgets versus ~14% in the US), so fast tech — drones, AI, satellite constellations — is the only rapid lever. Significant private capital and NATO innovation vehicles are being directed into defense tech to build capabilities that can scale faster than ships, tanks or aircraft.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00European sovereignty and defense
- 2:17Proxy wars and power struggles
- 4:46Europe’s political and industrial gap
- 6:12AI and financial illiteracy in Europe
- 8:21Defense tech and venture capital
- 10:06Europe’s defense spending gap
- 12:57Why 3.5% GDP for defense
- 14:24Defense tech vs traditional arms
- 15:48Innovation’s economic spillover
- 16:53Economic case for defense investment
- 18:00Conclusion
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