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Dr John Louth
Position: Director, Defence, Industries and Society
Dr John Louth is Senior Research Fellow and Director for Defence, Industries and Society at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies. He served as an officer in the Royal Air Force for sixteen years before working as a consultant and programme director extensively throughout the defence and energy sectors, employed in both the BMT Group and QinetiQ. His work has included the audit and governance of the UK strategic deterrent, the implementation of risk-based governance regimes into energy businesses, UK Ministry of Defence and industry partnering initiatives, especially within the air domain, and the development of chemical, biological and radiological protection and responses. He spent part of his career in the Middle East running separate national programmes to develop commercial and defence capabilities across a number of Gulf states. Dr Louth has also worked as a senior adviser to the European Defence Agency on the development of pan-European procurement policies and practices. He teaches at Roehampton University Business School in London and is also a specialist adviser to the House of Commons Defence Select Committee. John's work is published across a broad spectrum of outlets and he is a regular commentator to BBC, ITN, Sky News and Al Jazeera networks.
RUSI articles and analysis by this author
The Challenge of the UK Redeployment from Afghanistan
3 May 2013With twenty months left before the departure of ISAF combat troops, the enormous logistical challenge of withdrawal is becoming increasingly clear
Strategic Options: Defence Business at a Pivotal Moment
29 Apr 2013Shrinking national defence budgets are forcing defence companies to consider their options if they are to remain viable businesses in a difficult environment
BAE Systems and EADS: Thwarted at the Alter
29 Jan 2013
John Louth explores the reasons for the EADS-BAE corporate courtship and its eventual failure, and attempts to understand where the inability to merge leaves the businesses themselves and the concept of a European defence entity
John Louth explores the reasons for the EADS-BAE corporate courtship and its eventual failure, and attempts to understand where the inability to merge leaves the businesses themselves and the concept of a European defence entity
Corruption, Cohesion and New Thinking: A Doctrinal Imperative for Sovereign Wealth Recovery Capabilities
20 Dec 2012Sovereign Wealth Recovery in failing or corrupt states should be incorporated in planning by political elites and force commanders ahead of any future military or other intervention to expedite a return to stability, according to a new research from the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).
Corporate Versus National: UK Strategy at Cross-Purposes and the Failed BAE Systems-EADS Merger
11 Dec 2012The failed BAE Systems-EADS merger demonstrated the possible consequences of confusing corporate and national strategy
BAE-EADS Merger: What next after the collapse of the deal?
11 Oct 2012The failure to bring the businesses together represents a bitter blow to advocates who sought the creation of a new, European, global aerospace-defence giant, and raises questions about BAE Systems’ future strategy.
Reflections on Industry's Contributions to Smart Defence
8 Oct 2012A set of essays exploring the role of industry in NATO's Smart Defence concept
The Defence Industrial Knowledge Base: The Core Capability?
18 Sep 2012
Dr John Louth considers the contention by Peter Luff, minister for defence equipment and support, that there is no longer the need to think in terms of a domestic defence industrial base
Dr John Louth considers the contention by Peter Luff, minister for defence equipment and support, that there is no longer the need to think in terms of a domestic defence industrial base
BAE Systems-EADS Merger: Dealing with the Concerns
14 Sep 2012The proposed merger of BAE Systems and EADS has naturally attracted a number of concerns, from safeguarding sovereign defence industries to job cuts through rationalisation. But are these concerns with foundation?
Recovering Stolen Assets
8 May 2012This week, the RUSI Analysis Podcast examines corruption, and how money lost to it can be reclaimed. The issue's the subject of a paper called Plundering the Treasure Chest, published recently by RUSI. It highlights the relevance of corruption to global security, and the success of Western interventions.
Plundering the Treasure Chest: The Theft of Sovereign Wealth and Asset Recovery
23 Apr 2012The recovery of looted wealth is increasingly a matter of international security. A coherent policy framework to deal with it is needed
The Sum of its Parts? Partnering, the MoD and Industry
16 Apr 2012As the British government and defence industry seek more collaborative arrangements, they must remember that 'partnership' is more than just a word
Bandits and Thieves - Sovereign Wealth Recovery as a Critical Defence Capability
29 Mar 2012
RUSI’s Dr John Louth makes the case that returning stolen assets to sovereign nations is a vital element of stability building and should receive greater government support
RUSI’s Dr John Louth makes the case that returning stolen assets to sovereign nations is a vital element of stability building and should receive greater government support
Responses to the Defence White Paper: National Security through Technology
27 Mar 2012The positives and negatives of the recent White Paper 'National Security through Technology: Technology, Equipment and Support for UK Defence and Security'
The UK Government’s New Plan for Defence and Industry: A Fresh Approach to Procurement?
2 Feb 2012On 1 February 2012, the UK government published its long awaited on defence procurement. It sets a vision intending to reform Britain's fraught acquisition and procurement process, but the challenge will be at the implementation stage.
Over a third of UK sourced defence contracts may be recovered by the Treasury in tax revenue
20 Jan 2012The UK government recovers over 35 per cent of the value of domestically sourced defence contracts in the form of taxation, revenue that would otherwise be lost to another government by buying foreign 'off-the-shelf' defence equipment according to a new briefing from the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).
Briefing Paper: The Destination of the Defence Pound
20 Jan 2012A new study reveals how much the Exchequer might claw back in taxation from domestic defence projects at a time when the Ministry of Defence is expected to contribute to budget deficit reduction
Leadership, Industrial Licence and Logistics: The Search for Some New Thinking
28 Nov 2011
A continued failure in European military logistic capabilities could lead to the break-up of the Atlantic Alliance
A continued failure in European military logistic capabilities could lead to the break-up of the Atlantic Alliance
Defence Equipment, Support and Technology: White Paper, Invisible Ink!
23 Nov 2011The long-awaited White Paper on Defence Equipment, Support and Technology is increasingly unlikely to serve as the reflective and considered statement of government intention and policies so desperately desired by the defence sector.
Cold-cuts, Rehash and Fresh Ingredients: Labour's 'Ideas for Future UK Defence Procurement'
27 Sep 2011The Labour Party’s emerging policies for future defence procurement represent a mix of new ideas for the future along with old concepts from the past. It is now the job of Labour to convert procurement 'ideas' into a detailed implementation plan.
The Defence Industrial Ecosystem: Delivering Security in an Uncertain World
23 Jun 2011Exploring the interdependencies, risks, opportunities and uncertainties within the defence industrial ecosystem
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