Joint Defence as a European Public Good

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Publication date 10-2025
Journal International Politics
Volume | Issue number 62 | 5
Pages (from-to) 959–974
Number of pages 16
Organisations
  • Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB)
  • Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) - Amsterdam School of Economics Research Institute (ASE-RI)
Abstract In light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, this contribution to the special issue “Organizing European Security for yet another geopolitical era” argues that European defence should be considered a European public good. First, we develop a definition of European public good embedded in the political economy literature on public goods and state-building; then we discuss how to finance defence as a European public good, and we review public support for EU-level defence instruments.
Document type Article
Note In special issue: Rethinking European Security
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1057/s41311-024-00645-x
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