Marco Buti is Chair at the European University Institute’s Robert Schuman Center and an external fellow at Bruegel.
Francesco Nicoli, Associate Professor of Political Science at the Politecnico Institute of Turin, is Professor of Political Economy at Ghent University and an affiliate fellow at the department of economics of the University of Amsterdam.
Many European Union countries, starting with Germany, assume that higher defense spending will automatically generate the capabilities needed to keep Europe secure. But if they pursue...
