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GSIS Executive Briefing 22 May 2025

Funding investment in European defence innovation

Public investment in European defence has increased significantly but concerns are mounting about the sustainment and sufficiency of funding. Given the limited fiscal headroom for further defence-spending growth in Europe, the role for the private sector in funding defence innovation is becoming ever more crucial.

GSIS Executive Briefing 8 May 2025

Strategic technology at risk: Europe and the race for critical raw materials

Europe’s supply chain of critical raw materials – essential to green, digital, defence and aerospace technologies – increasingly faces risks from armed conflict, geopolitical misalignment and the ‘weaponisation’ of trade policies.

GSIS Executive Briefing 17 April 2025

Russian threats in and through cyberspace

Russia has escalated its cyber and influence operations, and sabotage of digital infrastructure, exerting asymmetric pressure on governments and businesses alike.

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GSIS Executive Briefing 22 May 2025
GSIS Executive Briefing 8 May 2025
GSIS Executive Briefing 17 April