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Strategic Manufacturing: How the Control of Defence Supply Chains Redefines Power in the Twenty-First Century
What is the central argument of “Strategic Manufacturing”, and why does it matter for European defence and dual-use markets?
Strategic Manufacturing: How the Control of Defence Supply Chains Redefines Power in the Twenty-First Century: The war in Ukraine has accelerated. Defence-fina…
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Original DFM publication · DFM Analysis report · 2025-10-15
The war in Ukraine has accelerated a structural transformation in the logic of power, revealing that military capability now depends as much on industrial resilience as on tactical or technological sophistication. The conflict has demonstrated that superiority on the battlefield cannot be separated from the integrity and responsiveness of the underlying production chains that sustain it.
At the same time, the growing rivalry between the United States and China has turned supply chains into a strategic frontier, where control over semiconductors, critical materials, and dual-use technologies determines the balance of power.
This analysis answers: What is the central argument of “Strategic Manufacturing”, and why does it matter for European defence and dual-use markets? What does this mean for European defence funding, procurement and investment decisions? How mature and defensible is the position described in “Strategic Manufacturing”? Which European actors, programmes and funding instruments are most exposed?
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Strategic Manufacturing: How the Control of Defence Supply Chains Redefines Power in the Twenty-First Century
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