The role of the national military industrial complex in the establishment of the European Defence Market: the case study of Italy

MSc SECINTEL Independent Study (Dissertation) The role of the national Military-Industrial Complex in the establishment of the European Defence Market: The Case Study of Italy July, 2018 2278345 29202263 Presented in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the Degree of MSc International Security, Intelligence and Strategic Studies (SECINTEL) Word Count: 23746 Supervisor UofG: Prof. Maurizio Carbone Supervisor Charles Uni: PhD. Tomas Kucera 1 MSc SECINTEL Independent Study (Dissertation) Abstract This thesis deals with the issue of European defence industrial fragmentation and evaluates the role of defence industries in the development of a European Defence Market (EDM). More precisely, this dissertation argues that industrial nationalistic pressure has hampered the path of defence integration, with the intention of preserving the monopolistic market environment of defence manufacturing and to protect the financial security of national commissions. While the issue of the European Defence Market has already been acknowledged by the literature as one of the main obstacles for the achievement of a Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP), this thesis identifies the industrial sector - and not the political will - as the main stumbling block for the establishment of a European Defence Market. In these..