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The UK Defence Industry in the 21 Century
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The Five Forces of Americanisation

Contents

Overview

Modern Peacekeeping: Between Idealism and the new Realism

The Five Forces of Americanisation

1. Enlargement and Evolution: the Global Security Framework
2. The US Defence market
3. The Special Relationship and ITAR
4. UK Defence Reform
5. Financial Markets

Systems Thinking: “One Defence”

Implications for UK Contractors

1. Financing and locating the business
2. Selecting the right partners and programmes

3. Integrating, protecting and exploiting Intellectual Property

Issues for the UK Government

1. Controlling Intellectual Property

2. Sustaining an effective Defence Industrial Base
3. Integrating Trade, Diplomacy and Defence policy and practice

Source: United Nations, 2024
Appendices
1. Case Study I: Predicting corporate failure: Cobham plc

2. Case Study II: The value of IP as leverage: the Boeing KC-46 Air Tanker
3. Case Study III: The role of US Private Equity: what happened to Sparton Corporation?
4. Trading off national security and defence spending priorities
5. Leverage as competitive advantage: calculating the cost of capital

About the Author

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