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Le secteur de la défense britannique. La facture de Milady

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  • Ron Smith
  • Jacques Fontanel

    (CESICE - Centre d'études sur la sécurité internationale et les coopérations européennes - UPMF - Université Pierre Mendès France - Grenoble 2 - IEPG - Sciences Po Grenoble - Institut d'études politiques de Grenoble)

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The study of the British defence sector is today particularly difficult, because there is no longer a defence industrial policy committed by the conservative government. The arms industry depends on the world military market, the competitiveness of producers, the level of national technology and the quality of research and development. The panorama is not very engaging, because the free play of the market is exercised, thus calling into question the R&D effort of the national economy. The result is a restructuring of the industry. Strategic priorities are reconsidered with the events in Eastern Europe and the evolution of the Middle East conflict. The United Kingdom admits competition with foreign arms firms, which raises the question of the independence of national defence and its role in a NATO to be redefined. If the government is nationalist in political terms, it is very internationalist in the commercial field. It is unlikely to engage in a national arms industrial policy.

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  • Ron Smith & Jacques Fontanel, 1991. "Le secteur de la défense britannique. La facture de Milady," Post-Print hal-02957695, HAL.
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    1. Smith, R. P., 1990. "Defence procurement and industrial structure in the U.K," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 8(2), pages 185-205, June.
    2. Ron Smith & Anthony Humm & Jacques Fontanel, 1987. "Capital-labour substitution in defence provision," Post-Print hal-03205374, HAL.
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    1. Jacques Fontanel, 1998. "L'industrie d'armement dans le processus de globalisation," Post-Print hal-03199489, HAL.

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