Arms Transfers and Dependence

Arms Transfers and Dependence
Author: Christian Catrina
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 492
Release: 2021-10-23
Genre: History
ISBN: 1000392007

First published in 1988, Arms Transfers and Dependence was written to provide a view of arms transfers in the context of the global distribution of power. The book analyses different types of dependence and is focused on comparing the enhancement of military capabilities as a result of arms transfers with the dependence that may be caused by those transfers. In doing so, it provides an overview of how particular structures of imports and exports of arms lead to dependence.

"If We Don't Sell It, Someone Else Will" : Dependence and Influence in U.S. Arms Transfers

Author: Elias Yousif
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023
Genre: Arms transfers
ISBN:

“If we don’t sell them arms, someone else will,” has become a well-known refrain in the arms trade world, implying that partners cut off from U.S. defense exports will quickly source them from other suppliers. But there is reason to believe that there is far more complexity to the issue than suggested by this simple axiom. Multiple factors shape the cost-benefit analysis of partners considering turning to alternative defense exporters as a result of arms transfer suspensions, curtailments, or conditions imposed by the United States, suggesting a need to reexamine key assumptions underpinning the U.S. security cooperation enterprise.

Weapons for Peace, Weapons for War

Weapons for Peace, Weapons for War
Author: Cassady B. Craft
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 252
Release: 1999-08-04
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1135961530

On the debate over whether or not arms transfers increase or deter the chances of war, Cassady B. Craft offers a balanced assessment of the effect of arms transfers on war involvement and outcomes. He considers correlations at the state and global level, supplier and recipient relationships, and the extent of the relationship in the perceptions of individual leaders. This is the first study to examine the influence of arms transfers on combined interstate and civil wars. Drawing on a variety of theories and quantitative methods, including force-on-force attrition models, it uses innovative techniques that have the potential to change the way analysts weigh the impact of weapons sales. This book will provide both analysts and policymakers with a comprehensive examination of the various tradeoffs between weapons sales and the probability of conflict.

Arms and the State

Arms and the State
Author: Keith Krause
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 324
Release: 1995-08-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780521558662

This book analyses the structure and motive forces that shape the global arms transfer and production system.

Russia and the Arms Trade

Russia and the Arms Trade
Author: Ian Anthony
Publisher:
Total Pages: 328
Release: 1998
Genre: History
ISBN:

For this study, a group of Russian authors were commissioned to describe and assess the arms trade policies and practices of Russia under new domestic and international conditions. The contributors, drawn from the government, industry, and academic communities, offer a wide range of reports on the political, military, economic, and industrial implications of Russian arms transfers, as well as specific case studies of key bilateral arms transfer relationships.

Arms Transfers to the Third World, 1971-85

Arms Transfers to the Third World, 1971-85
Author: Michael Brzoska
Publisher:
Total Pages: 408
Release: 1987
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

The value of conventional weapons imported by Third World countries between 1971 and 1985 increased four times over that of the previous two decades--a leap that reflects profound changes in the economic and technological relations between industrialized nations and the Third World and holds serious political repercussions. A comprehensive overview of the flow of conventional weapons between 1971 and 1985, this volume analyzes both the suppliers--their arms export bureaucracies, degree of dependence on arms exports, and shifts in arms export policies--and the Third World recipients. Providing valuable insight into the changing arms strategy of Third World countries, the book assesses the reasons underlying this influx of weapons, the factors that propel the arms trade, and the implications of structural changes that have occurred in the market.

A Changing of Arms

A Changing of Arms
Author: Richard Allan Iveson Johnson
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2013
Genre:
ISBN: 9781303367892

States cannot fight without arms, yet there are few systematic studies of arms transfers. The primary focus of my research revolves around arm transfers between states. I move beyond 50 years of valuable qualitative and historical research to undertake systematic studies relating to arms transfers decision-making. Overall, I show when and how arms transfers occur, despite the blowback risk for exporters and the dependence threat for importers. Specifically, I focus on three questions: Why do categories of arms diffuse throughout the international system differently? How do exporters and importers choose arms transfer partners given the inherent risks? When do importers change their behavior by diversifying their arms networks?