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        <journal-title>Military Studies: Journal for Strategy, Technology and Defense Sciences</journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="ppub">3126-3666</issn>
      <issn pub-type="epub">3126-3674</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>SAPCRAA</publisher-name>
        <publisher-loc>Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina</publisher-loc>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">1529</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">https://doi.org/10.65932/military-studies-2025-2-1</article-id>
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        <article-title>War reindustrialization of europe: defense industrial complexes as pillars of strategic autonomy</article-title>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Knežević</surname>
            <given-names>Slaven</given-names>
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          <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7691-9526</contrib-id>
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      <pub-date pub-type="epub">
        <day>30</day>
        <month>12</month>
        <year>2025</year>
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      <volume>3</volume>
      <issue>4</issue>
      <fpage>9</fpage>
      <lpage>28</lpage>
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        <p>The article explores the phenomenon of Europe&apos;s war reindustrialization after 2022 as a strategic response to altered security dynamics due to rising eastern threats. The aim is to provide empirical insight into this transformation and develop a conceptual framework for understanding its long-term implications. We analyze the military-industrial complex as a multidimensional security, economic, high-tech, and social phenomenon. We examine three hypotheses: (1) war reindustrialization is not merely a short-term reaction but a long-term strategic reorientation, (2) the process dynamics show significant variations conditioned by geographical position, historical experiences, and economic capacities, and (3) the revitalized military-industrial complex creates a new economic reality that alters power relations within the EU and NATO. Methodologically, we apply a mixed approach: quantitative analysis of military budgets, comparative analysis of strategies, and case studies. Results show a 32% increase in NATO members&apos; military budgets (2021-2023), opening of 70+ new facilities, creation of 210,000 jobs, and high correlation (r=0.78) between geographical proximity to threats and intensity of reindustrialization. We conclude that war reindustrialization represents a fundamental paradigm shift that will shape the security architecture, economic structure, and geopolitical position of the continent in the coming decades.</p>
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        <kwd>reindustrialization of Europe</kwd>
        <kwd>military-industrial complex</kwd>
        <kwd>European security</kwd>
        <kwd>defense industry</kwd>
        <kwd>Ukraine</kwd>
        <kwd>Russia</kwd>
        <kwd>NATO</kwd>
        <kwd>strategic autonomy</kwd>
        <kwd>jobs</kwd>
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