{"id":57107,"date":"2026-07-08T16:36:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T13:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/?post_type=activity&#038;p=57107"},"modified":"2026-07-08T16:36:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T13:36:07","slug":"synantisi-tis-protovoulias-think-nea-me-ekprosopous-tou-germanikou-ypourgeiou-amynas","status":"publish","type":"activity","link":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/activity\/think-nea-initiatives-meeting-with-representatives-of-the-german-ministry-of-defense\/","title":{"rendered":"\u03a4hink nea initiative\u2019s meeting with representatives of the German Ministry of Defense"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"the-content\"><p>Following an earlier visit to Berlin in June, the team of <strong>ELIAMEP<\/strong>\u2019s initiative <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/projects\/think-nea-new-narratives-of-eu-integration\/\"><strong>think nea &#8211; New Narratives of EU Integration<\/strong><\/a> met with representatives of the <strong>German Ministry of Defense (BMVg)<\/strong> for an online briefing on 7 July.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prof. Ioannis Armakolas<\/strong>, <strong>Dr. Ana Krstinovska<\/strong> and <strong>Dr. Frauke Seebass<\/strong> presented the findings of the <em>think nea Defense Report <\/em>by<em> Ana Krstinovska <\/em>and<em> Alessandro Marrone<\/em> on the role of the Western Balkans for EU defense readiness and additional data from a recent policy brief focusing on defense industrial capacity.<\/p>\n<p>The discussion focused on the role of the EU in facilitating a deeper integration of the Western Balkans in EU defense capabilities and overcoming obstacles for German and other European companies to invest. Our researchers emphasized that new EU programmes and efforts on joint defense offer vast opportunities for deeper integration and that the EU should be quick to act as other powers are already investing in existing and emerging capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>You can find the defense thematic report <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/europes-overlooked-allies-why-the-western-balkans-matter-for-eu-defence-readiness\/\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a> and the defense policy brief <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/the-western-balkans-and-europe%ca%bcs-defence-readiness-an-industrial-perspective\/\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":57108,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"program":[23],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/activity\/57107"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/activity"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/activity"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"program","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program?post=57107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}