Defense and security industry promotion: actors and practices

The legitimate mission of the defense and security industry is to provide national governments and their allies with the necessary capacities to implement their defense and security policies. The groups of this industry, most of which used to be state-owned, have been privatized and are now submitted to a logic of market competitiveness and profitability. Because of the EU’s willingness to gradually regulate this area, the defense industries intend to relay their interests at the highest level of decision-making. In this context, many structures interfere to promote and represent the interests of that particular industry.