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Defense and Industrial Reality

How Europe’s defense debate is changing, which industrial limits matter and why defense is back at the centre of European strategy.

GuestThomas SteinmannThomas SteinmannJournalist at German business publication Capital

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Presented byAcceleraid

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Thomas Steinmann discusses how Europe's defense debate is changing and why industrial capacity is now central to strategic credibility. The conversation connects political ambition with the constraints of production, procurement, and readiness.

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