Demand for Defense Spending in EU Member States: A Panel Analysis of Domestic and International Factors

• In Event: JSS: Geopolitics and Domestic Politics

Brief Overview

Why do EU member states make the defense spending choices they do? EU members that are also NATO allies appear to substitute personnel and operating expenditures for equipment spending.

Authors

• Jordan Becker, United States Military Academy, West Point

• Ringailė Kuokštytė, General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania

• Vytautas Kuokstis, Vilnius University