1st Edition
Understanding UK Defence Exports The International Trade in Defence Capabilities
By John Louth
Copyright 2023
156 Pages
7 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
156 Pages
7 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
156 Pages
7 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book offers a comprehensive overview of UK defence exports, as an example of the international trade in defence capabilities.
The work explores the subject of defence exports from the UK through various lenses, ranging from ethics, geopolitics, and national resilience to technology transfer, industrial partnering and military cooperation. By unveiling a multi-perspective model of defence... Read more
1. Introduction: The UK Trade in Arms: Exports – An End to Certainty?
2. Defence Exports and Ethics
3. Geopolitics and Defence Exports
4. National Economic Prosperity and Defence Exports
5. Defence Exports: A Function of Business and Commerce
6. Defence Exports and International Development
7. Defence Exports and National Resilience
8. Technologies, Transfers and Defence Exports
9. "Partnering" and Defence Exports
10. Defence Exports and Military Cooperation
11. Conclusion
Biography
John Louth is a specialist adviser to the House of Commons Defence Select Committee. He is a co-author of British Defence in the 21st Century (2019).
