Delphine Deschaux-Dutard is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Grenoble Alpes, France, and Deputy Director of the Centre for International Security and European Cooperation Studies (CESICE). She is author or editor of eight books, including Research Methods in Defence Studies (2020), and numerous journal articles.

• Introduction 1. The French-German Engine Within European Defence, 1990-2021: Fostering Bilateral Coordinative Discourse at the European Level 2. Practising Bilateral Military Cooperation in a European Context 3. Bilateral Military Cooperation and European Defence From the Actors’ Viewpoint: Officers, Diplomats and Their National and Professional Resources 4. French and German Strategic Cultures and Discourses In Evolution: Is France still from Mars and Germany from Venus? 5. France, Germany and The "War Economy”: Converging or Diverging over the Means for Defence at the European Level? 6. Communicative Discourses around French-German Military Cooperation Conclusion

Delphine Deschaux-Dutard is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Grenoble Alpes, France, and Deputy Director of the Centre for International Security and European Cooperation Studies (CESICE). She is author or editor of eight books, including Research Methods in Defence Studies (2020), and numerous journal articles.

• Introduction 1. The French-German Engine Within European Defence, 1990-2021: Fostering Bilateral Coordinative Discourse at the European Level 2. Practising Bilateral Military Cooperation in a European Context 3. Bilateral Military Cooperation and European Defence From the Actors’ Viewpoint: Officers, Diplomats and Their National and Professional Resources 4. French and German Strategic Cultures and Discourses In Evolution: Is France still from Mars and Germany from Venus? 5. France, Germany and The "War Economy”: Converging or Diverging over the Means for Defence at the European Level? 6. Communicative Discourses around French-German Military Cooperation Conclusion

Delphine Deschaux-Dutard is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Grenoble Alpes, France, and Deputy Director of the Centre for International Security and European Cooperation Studies (CESICE). She is author or editor of eight books, including Research Methods in Defence Studies (2020), and numerous journal articles.

• Introduction 1. The French-German Engine Within European Defence, 1990-2021: Fostering Bilateral Coordinative Discourse at the European Level 2. Practising Bilateral Military Cooperation in a European Context 3. Bilateral Military Cooperation and European Defence From the Actors’ Viewpoint: Officers, Diplomats and Their National and Professional Resources 4. French and German Strategic Cultures and Discourses In Evolution: Is France still from Mars and Germany from Venus? 5. France, Germany and The "War Economy”: Converging or Diverging over the Means for Defence at the European Level? 6. Communicative Discourses around French-German Military Cooperation Conclusion