The Benefits of Reviving Transatlantic Armaments Cooperation
December 30, 2010 Print
By: Alexander Ritzmann | In: Foreign & Domestic Policy Program Issues: Security and Defense | Tags: Defense, Military Spending
During the Cold War, Germany and the U.S. fostered close arms cooperation and development. Yet, after German unification, Germany focused on developing and procuring armament systems either domestically or within the EU. In Policy Report #46, Senior Non-Resident Fellow Alexander Ritzmann argues that German-American defense cooperation could once again become an area in which transatlantic cooperation helps to overcome challenges. Ritzmann offers some concrete policy recommendations to the U.S. and German governments to increase transatlantic defense cooperation and outlines what has led to the current lack of cooperation.
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