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In comparison to other industries, the internationalisation of the armaments industry has been slower and different. The main reason can be found in political factors. The end of the Cold War heralded significant changes in armaments markets, which accelerated the internationalisation of the armaments industry. With support of the US government, US armament groups have been more successful in taking advantage of these opportunities than European firms. US firms are now the most powerful and best prepared firms operating in global armaments markets. European firms developed shared research capabilities and are taking advantage of an increasingly integrated defence market in Europe. However, the capability of the European defence industry is behind that of the USA. Only a few of the largest European firms can face up to US competitors in global markets. This is despite the fact that the operations of European firms are more internationalised than American firms. The best option for the European armaments industry is to integrate operations more across borders of European countries.
Dr Przemyslaw Skulski is Assistant Professor in the Department of International Economic Relations, Wroclaw University of Economics. He holds a PhD and MA from the same university, and his research focuses on international weapons markets and the armaments industry, particularly in Europe. Dr Skulski has published extensively in Polish on various aspects of this field of research, as well as on aspects of international management and marketing and issues of business and security in the Asia-Pacific region. His most recent book is Bezpieczeństwo w regionie Azji i Pacyfiku: Wybrane zagadnienia [International Security in Asia and Pacific Region: Selected Problems] (2010). Amongst others, he has been visiting professor at the University of Neuchatel (Switzerland) and the International School of Management in Riga (Latvia).
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