The Political Economy of Defence

Part I. National Security: 1. The political economy of defence Ron Matthews; 2. Political vs military leadership: the battle for common means and ends Bryan Watters; 3. Efficient and effective financial management of defence resources Irfan Ansari; Part II. Defence or Development?: 4. Military expenditure and growth Ron Smith; 5. Towards demilitarisation? The military expenditure-development nexus revisited Jurgen Brauer, John Dunne and Nan Tian; Part III. Autarky vs Globalisation?: 6. Alliances in flux: sovereignty and security in a changing world Stefan Markowski and Robert Wylie; 7. The rise and demise of government mandated offset policy Ron Matthews; 8. Defence companies in the age of globalisation: French defence industry as a case study Jean-Michel Oudot and Renaud Bellais; 9. The great paradox of defence: political economy and defence procurement in post-Brexit United Kingdom Matt Uttley and Benedict Wilkinson; 10. Defence burden-sharing: the perennial debate in international alliance management Alexander Mattelaer; Part IV. Resource Management: 11. The political economy of arms collaboration Keith Hartley; 12. Defence procurement: overcoming challenges and managing expectations Trevor Taylor; 13. The whole-life costs of defence equipment David Kirkpatrick; 14. Economic and political dimensions of the defence industry supply chain revolution Derek Braddon; 15. The cost of women in ground close combat roles Joanne L. Fallowfield; Part V. International Security: 16. Battlegrounds yet unknown: America's future military force structure? Randolf G. S. Cooper; 17. Innovating and offsetting? The political economy of US defence innovation Daniel Fiott; 18. The political economy of terrorism Diego Muro; 19. The political economy of peace operations Fitriani; Part VI. End Game: 20. Towards a peaceful world Anke Hoeffler; 21. Drawing threads, weaving patterns … Ron Matthews.