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The aim of this chapter is to analyze how the European Union (EU) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) stimulate defense research and development (R&D) cooperation among their respective members. The chapter also seeks to understand how, if at all, the EU and NATO cooperate with each other as organizations in the domain of defense R&D. Looking at each organization separately and then as interrelated institutions, this chapter aims to offer readers a clearer understanding of how European governments cooperate with one another for pursuing defense R&D.
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For an operational distinction between R&D and R&T, see https://www.eda.europa.eu/info-hub/defence-data-portal/Definitions
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In October 2016 NATO launched the naval Operation Sea Guardian to assist the EU with its own naval Operation Sophia to halt and disrupt human trafficking networks operating from Libya. NATO is also collaborating with the EU’s coastguard and border agency Frontex in the Aegean Sea to assist with the migration crisis in the region.
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Fiott, D. (2018). EU-NATO Cooperation: The Case of Defense R&D. In: Karampekios, N., Oikonomou, I., Carayannis, E. (eds) The Emergence of EU Defense Research Policy. Innovation, Technology, and Knowledge Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68807-7_15
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