Reposted by Javier OspitalBruegel @bruegel.org · 18/09/2026📊 Chart of the week: Defence-relevant funding, 2021-2027 vs 2028-2034 MFFs 📑 Read the Analysis by @javier-ospital.bsky.social and @guntramwolff.bsky.social 🖇️ buff.ly/bQkHhde #EconSky #Defence #MFF 031
Reposted by Javier OspitalBruegel @bruegel.org · 17/09/2026🛡️ Defence in the 2028-2034 EU budget With #defence spending set to increase in the next #MFF, it is essential to adapt accountability rules to match. 🔖 Read the Analysis by @javier-ospital.bsky.social and @guntramwolff.bsky.social 🔗 buff.ly/bQkHhde #EconSkybuff.lyMore flexibility needs greater accountability: defence in the 2028-2034 EU budgetEU defence funding is set to grow in the next spending cycle, making better accountability essential before final budget rules are agreed 042
Reposted by Javier OspitalBruegel @bruegel.org · 31/07/2026For more on this topic, read @guntramwolff.bsky.social's latest Policy Brief on 'Reforming European defence procurement to boost military innovation and startups' 🖋️ Co-authored with Ethan Kapstein and @javier-ospital.bsky.social 📑 buff.ly/VQrDTuibruegel.orgReforming European defence procurement to boost military innovation and startupsEuropean defence procurement practices must evolve to embrace innovative startups and small firms, in order to meet modern battlefield needs 022
Reposted by Javier OspitalBruegel @bruegel.org · 21/08/2026🪖 How can Europe maximise the impact of its rearmament spending? 📅 2 September | 14:00–15:00 CEST 🎤 Meet our speakers: @guntramwolff.bsky.social, Benjamin Haddad, @andriuskubilius.ec.europa.eu & Stephanie Lingemann 🔗 Sign up now: buff.ly/BgKR1r3 #BAM26 #EconSky 022
Reposted by Javier OspitalIntereconomics @intereconomics.bsky.social · 10/07/2026NEW ONLINE: "Reforming European Defence Procurement to Boost Military Innovation and Startups" by E. Kapstein, @javier-ospital.bsky.social & @guntramwolff.bsky.social. Despite a wave of new European defence startups, most still can't breakthrough. Read why here www.intereconomics.eu/contents/yea...intereconomics.euReforming European Defence Procurement to Boost Military Innovation and StartupsIntereconomics is an academic journal that publishes articles by experts on current economic and social policy issues affecting Europe. 032
Reposted by Javier OspitalBruegel @bruegel.org · 14/07/2026🔔UPDATED: #US Foreign #Military Sales🪖 💡With data up to June 2026 🔗 buff.ly/3G3OLbg 🖋️ @juanmejinoecon.bsky.social, @javier-ospital.bsky.social & @guntramwolff.bsky.social #EconSky 032
Reposted by Javier OspitalBruegel @bruegel.org · 29/05/2026📊 Chart of the week: Number of products published in the Defense Innovation Unit’s catalogue by technological area 📑 Read the Working Paper by Ethan Kapstein, @javier-ospital.bsky.social and @guntramwolff.bsky.social 🔗 buff.ly/lq2qamw #EconSky 041
Reposted by Javier OspitalBruegel @bruegel.org · 28/05/2026🛡️Has the US Department of Defense's Defense Innovation Unit succeeded in its mission to incentivise commercial tech companies to work on national security challenges? 📑 Read the Working Paper by Ethan Kapstein, @javier-ospital.bsky.social and @guntramwolff.bsky.social 🔗 buff.ly/o5ZLzLW #EconSkybuff.lyDefence innovation and procurement reform: an empirical evaluation of the US Defense Innovation UnitImproving economic policy 031
Reposted by Javier OspitalBruegel @bruegel.org · 12/05/2026🔔UPDATED: US Foreign Military Sales🪖 💡With data up to May 2026 🔗 buff.ly/3G3OLbg 🖋️ @juanmejinoecon.bsky.social, @javier-ospital.bsky.social & @guntramwolff.bsky.social 041
Reposted by Javier OspitalBruegel @bruegel.org · 05/03/2026🪖Reforming European defence procurement to boost military innovation and startups European defence procurement practices must evolve to embrace innovative startups and small firms, in order to meet modern battlefield needs. 🖋️Ethan Kapstein, Javier Ospital @guntramwolff.bsky.social #EconSkybuff.lyReforming European defence procurement to boost military innovation and startupsEuropean defence procurement practices must evolve to embrace innovative startups and small firms, in order to meet modern battlefield needs 0113
Reposted by Javier OspitalBruegel @bruegel.org · 12/03/2026🔔UPDATED: US Foreign Military Sales🪖 💡FMS notification to Europe decreased from $76 bn in 2024 to $33 bn in 2025, while countries in Near East & South Asia had a large share in Jan 2026. 🔗 buff.ly/9Zk1wTL 🖋️ @juanmejinoecon.bsky.social, @javier-ospital.bsky.social & @guntramwolff.bsky.social 031
Reposted by Javier OspitalARES Group - EU @aresgroup-eu.bsky.social · 06/03/2026🇪🇺 Reforming European defence procurement to boost military innovation and startups By Ethan Kapstein, Javier Ospital and @guntramwolff.bsky.social – @bruegel.org www.bruegel.org/policy-brief...bruegel.orgReforming European defence procurement to boost military innovation and startupsEuropean defence procurement practices must evolve to embrace innovative startups and small firms, in order to meet modern battlefield needs 063
