Perspektywy rozwoju brytyjskiej myśli obronno-ekonomicznej

The author of the article attempts to show development directions of the British defence economics and on this example - European defence economics. In order to achieve this, the analysis of defence - economic thought development conditions has been carried out. There have been shown changes that the British and international politics undergoes, how the British Armed Forces transform, what new challenges they have to face and what transformations the defence economy, that is the economic basis for the British defence system, undergoes. The mentioned above conditions have caused that the development of British, and also European, defence-economic thought will be conducted in two directions. The first direction is the continuation of defence-economic thought. There will be still developed research problems such as: the division of alliance defence costs, the influence of the way of contracting on defence orders effectiveness, the effects of defence expenditures on economic growth and development, alocation consequences of disarmament treaties, the influence of economic policy on defence industry sector, employment changes due to industry conversion, the role of economy in military conflicts and uprisings, and weapon trade control. The second direction covers the area of new defence economics such as studies on organised national and international crime, terrorism as its particularly dangerous form , examining environmental (ecological) effects of defence system functioning and their economic dimension. Economic thought will stress defence problems more strongly in the alliance and nonmilitary dimension transforming defence economics in Euro-Atlantic security economics.