Exploring Opportunities for European Rearmament Through Ukraine’s Experience and Indo-Pacific Partnerships

Introduction 4

Section 1. Lessons from Ukraine on Scaling Defence Capacity 5

Lowering Entry Barriers 5

Battlefield Testing 5

Financing Defence 5

Section 2. Reconfiguring Supply Chains to Scale and Sustain Military Production: Ukraine’s Experience 7

Changing Import Architecture 7

Alliance Hubs and Operational Logistics 7

Repair Facilities 8

Section 3. Indo-Pacific Partners and Ukraine’s Defence-industrial Base 9

South Korea 9

Japan 9

Taiwan 9

China 10

Section 4. Future Trajectories 11

Section 5. Harnessing Rearmament with Strategic Partnerships 12

Notes 13