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The Defence Industry and ‘Transformation’: A European Perspective
Author: Andrew D. James
Volume 4, Number 4 (Summer 2008), pp. 39-55.
Abstract
Delivering the military transformation agenda will require broader and deeper armaments cooperation, both within Europe and across the Atlantic. Europe needs to concentrate on those capability areas that are critical to its North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) commitments and the implementation of the European Security and Defense Policy. A strengthened European technological and industrial base is also the most likely way of strengthening transatlantic armaments cooperation and gaining policy support in Washington. While European governments will need to selectively acquire US technologies, stronger European defence technological capabilities will give Europe more leverage at the negotiating table and is the best way to ensure that future transatlantic armaments cooperation is balanced and in European interests.
About the Author
Andrew James is a Senior Lecturer in Science & Technology Policy and Management at Manchester Business School and a Senior Research Fellow at the Manchester Institute for Innovation Research, University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. He has advised governments on both sides of the Atlantic about defence R&D, procurement, innovation and defence industry base issues. He has been a member of the UK official delegation to several NATO conferences, and has written numerous papers, book chapters, and reports. Books he has recently edited include Science and Technology Policies for the Anti-Terrorism Era (Amsterdam: IOS Press) and The Dynamics of Innovation in the Defence Sector: Economics, Technology, and the New Security Environment (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar). Andrew.James@mbs.ac.uk.
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