... The effectiveness aspect (battle-winning capability) of VfM will not be dealt with in this ... Managing the revolution in military affairs 47 to evaluate whether such policies are appropriate ... interdepen-dence, signifies the demise... more
... The effectiveness aspect (battle-winning capability) of VfM will not be dealt with in this ... Managing the revolution in military affairs 47 to evaluate whether such policies are appropriate ... interdepen-dence, signifies the demise of national self-reliance as coalition warfare and global ...
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Military Power in a Multipolar World M.L.Smith & M.Uttley The Dimensions of Asymmetric Warfare W.Bowen Limitations on Joint Warfare: The Impact of the Proliferation of Conventional Weapons Technology P.Rogers Reconciling... more
Military Power in a Multipolar World M.L.Smith & M.Uttley The Dimensions of Asymmetric Warfare W.Bowen Limitations on Joint Warfare: The Impact of the Proliferation of Conventional Weapons Technology P.Rogers Reconciling Humanitarianism and Reality: The Analytical and Moral Challenges of Urban Operations A. Hills Western Strategy in the New Era: The Apotheosis of Air Power? P.Sabin Britain and the Revolution in Military Affairs L.Freedman Equipping the Armed Services: Continuity and Change in UK Defence Procurement and Industrial Policies M.Uttley Defence Management and the Impact of 'Jointery' M.Edmonds British Defence Policy in the Post-Cold War Era: History Comes Full Circle? A.Dorman The Economics of Joint Forces K.Hartley Index
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... Recent publications include Defence 1ndustries and Equipment Procurement Options with N. Hooper, in S. Kirby and N. Hooper, and The Cost of Peace (Harwood Academic Publishers, Chur, 1991). Dr Richard Coopey is currently a research... more
... Recent publications include Defence 1ndustries and Equipment Procurement Options with N. Hooper, in S. Kirby and N. Hooper, and The Cost of Peace (Harwood Academic Publishers, Chur, 1991). Dr Richard Coopey is currently a research officer in the Business History Unit ...
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During the Cold War, the security environment on which Western naval planning was premised had a number of characteristics. The bipolar structure of the international system meant that East—West security relations were organized around... more
During the Cold War, the security environment on which Western naval planning was premised had a number of characteristics. The bipolar structure of the international system meant that East—West security relations were organized around two strong and opposing alliances — NATO and the Warsaw Pact. Against this strategic backdrop, the main tenet of Western defence strategy was deterring the threat posed by the Soviet Union. By the latter stages of the Cold War, planning assumptions were relatively stable because the ‘active deterrent role played by the military was well-defined and clearly understood’,2 and NATO force levels were based on threat-based calculations and configured primarily for high-intensity war-fighting roles. Collective security was based primarily on the NATO alliance; bipolarity meant that other multilateral organizations, including the United Nations (UN), the West European Union (WEU) and the European Union (EU), played only a marginal role in East—West security affairs.
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Thomas Withington is a defence analyst specialising in air power. He has published over one hundred articles on military aviation issues for a variety of publications based in North America, Europe and Asia. He has also completed numerous... more
Thomas Withington is a defence analyst specialising in air power. He has published over one hundred articles on military aviation issues for a variety of publications based in North America, Europe and Asia. He has also completed numerous consultancy projects for a ...
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Introduction 1: Britain's Changing Defence Policy since 1945 2: The Machinery of Defence 3: The Politics of Defence 4: Defence, the Defence Industrial base and the Arms Trade 5: Nuclear Weapons 6: Defence and Europe 7: Defence beyond... more
Introduction 1: Britain's Changing Defence Policy since 1945 2: The Machinery of Defence 3: The Politics of Defence 4: Defence, the Defence Industrial base and the Arms Trade 5: Nuclear Weapons 6: Defence and Europe 7: Defence beyond Europe 8: Conclusion Chronology Suggested further reading
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Since 1990, the European states have confronted tensions in balancing security of supply imperatives and equipment affordability constraints in procuring advanced weapons systems. Security of supply is equated with the retention of a... more
Since 1990, the European states have confronted tensions in balancing security of supply imperatives and equipment affordability constraints in procuring advanced weapons systems. Security of supply is equated with the retention of a national defence technological and industrial base (DTIB). Correspondingly, intergenerational cost increases in weapons production have progressively eroded the affordability of maintaining autonomous DTIBs, leading to the internationalization of what were formerly considered ‘national’ defence firms. This chapter challenges the argument of some analysts that these structural factors will lead inevitably to loss of control by national governments over weapons production and the inexorable rise of a globalized defence industry. It demonstrates instead that the European states do exercise significant agency in national defence procurement and industrial policy such that national DTIB protection still prevails, which explains why EU attempts to integrate a...
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This article explores how the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence's (MoD) institutional vision of the potential future character of conflict is reflected in current defence policy decision-making and future force development planning.... more
This article explores how the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence's (MoD) institutional vision of the potential future character of conflict is reflected in current defence policy decision-making and future force development planning. On the face of it, institutional arrangements in the MoD suggest that the results of ‘horizon-scanning’ and ‘futures’ analysis guide long-term defence planning in the design and development of the UK's future military roles and force structure. Our analysis points to the opposite. It suggests that it is the unchallenged assumption that the UK will remain a ‘Tier One’ defence power capable of deploying military power on a global scale and the MoD's long-term planning cycle that shape long-range forecasts of the future operating environment, rather than the other way round. Our explanation for this inversion is derived from the ‘New Institutionalism’ approach to public policy analysis. In taking this approach, we suggest that the outcomes of U...