{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/69f327839dcd58edd9543ecd/69fdae0a668fe6d31f3b3426?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Europe’s defence sector: Building the foundations of strategic autonomy","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/69f327839dcd58edd9543ecd/1778232436645-7e4d1fb9-166e-4d47-9505-da01074d38ae.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Recorded at BIG's event on <strong>7 May 2026</strong>, this panel discussion explored how Europe's defence industrial capacity can be leveraged and coordinated to bolster the continent's strategic autonomy in the light of the threat from Russia and American strategic abandonment. Leading the conversation was BIG's Senior Defence Fellow <strong>Claude-France Arnould</strong>, who formerly served as Chief Executive of the European Defence Agency. She asked Indra Group's <strong>David Luengo</strong> and SAAB's <strong>Mikael Isaksson</strong> about Europe's home-grown potential - and what it needs to flourish.</p>","author_name":"Brussels Institute for Geopolitics"}