Patterns of Cooperation in the European Defence Sector – A Network-Approach-Based Investigation of EU Projects
Journal: Acta Universitatis Sapientiae European and Regional Studies
Year: 2022

Abstract In this paper, we introduce research results from our network-approach-based investigation of the European Union defence cooperation projects. After brief remarks on the background, the research problem, the conceptual and methodological issues, we focus on the structure of the cooperation network and introduce the territorial, institutional, and (sub)regional patterns of partnerships. The data analyses illustrate that an integrated but fragmented cooperation network could be explored,