NADI Meeting on “Concretizing Defence Industrial Cooperation in the Height of Geoeconomic Confrontations”
The NADI Meeting on “Concretizing Defence Industrial Cooperation in the Height of Geoeconomic Confrontations” was held from 17 to 20 June 2025 in Manila, the Philippines, co-organised by National Defense College of the Philippines (NDCP) and the Office for Strategic Studies and Strategy Management, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP-OSSSM). Lieutenant General Ferdinand M Cartujano (Ret), President of the NDCP, and Brigadier General Joel M Paloma PA, Chief of the OSSSM, co-chaired the Meeting.
The NADI Meeting discussed the impacts of recent developments like decoupling and tariff hikes on defence industrial development and supply chains, as well as other risks in the current defence industrial ecosystem. The delegates also discussed possible areas of defence industrial cooperation which may be tenable among ASESAN Member States, and practical measures towards that end. The NADI members agreed that measures such as harmonisation of technical standards and production regulations for ASEAN defence industries, public-private partnerships and the linking of private defence firms with academic institutions, and the leveraging of ASEAN economic and innovation financing platforms for dual-use defence industry projects as possible ways forward.
The Chairman’s Report of the NADI Meeting, together with the agenda and programme, are attached.