Cascade of arms : managing conventional weapons proliferation / Andrew J. Pierre, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pierre, Andrew J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Defense industries.

Arms transfers.

Arms control.

Physical Description:

xi, 466 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press ; Cambridge, Mass. : World Peace Foundation, [1997]

Summary:

With the post-cold war emphasis on the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, the neglected dimension has been the spread of advanced conventional arms. Yet these are the arms most likely to be used in conflict. They present the greatest diversion from economic and social development, and are the centerpiece of regional security balances.

This book examines the policies and practices of the major arms-supplying nations, looks at the impact of weapons purchases on the principal recipient regions and the possibilities for regional arms control, and dissects the economics of arms exports for the producer nations in both the developing and industrialized worlds. The book thoroughly discusses the opportunities for, and obstacles to, achieving multilateral restraint on arms.

Contents:

Part 1 Patterns and Trends in Arms Transfers and Prospective Developments

2. The Conventional Arms Trade / Ian Anthony 15

3. The Subterranean Arms Trade: Black-Market Sales, Covert Operations and Ethnic Warfare / Michael T. Klare 43

Part 2 The Changing Economics of Arms Production and Sales

4. Advanced Industrialized Countries / Ethan B. Kapstein 75

5. Developing Countries / Andrew L. Ross 89

Part 3 Arms Sales Policies and Practices of Major Suppliers

6. United States / Janne E. Nolan 131

7. Western Europe / Lawrence Freedman, Martin Navias 151

8. Russia / Julian Cooper 173

9. China / Gerald Segal 203

Part 4 Principal Purchasers and Recipient Regions, Including Opportunities for Regional Arms Control

10. The Middle East and the Persian Gulf: An Israeli Perspective / Gerald Steinberg 227

11. The Middle East and the Persian Gulf: An Arab Perspective / Abdel Monem Said Aly 253

12. Asia-Pacific / Andrew Mack 285

13. South Asia / Rodney W. Jones 305

Part 5 Arms Restraint: What Should Be Done?

14. "Conditionality": Linking Development Assistance to Military Expenditures / Nicole Ball 343

15. Toward an International Regime for Conventional Arms Sales / Andrew J. Pierre 369

2-1. Agreed Sales of Fighter Aircraft, 1987-92 21

2-2. Agreed Sales of Helicopters, 1987-92 22

4-1. Defense Spending by NATO's Big Four Countries, 1986-94 76

5-1. The Developing World's Arms Producers: Demonstrated Capabilities in 1960, 1970 and 1980 94

5-2. Demonstrated Capabilities of the Developing World's Arms Producers, Mid-1980s 95

5-3. Defense Industrialization in the Developing World: Number of Producers of Selected Equipment, 1960, 1970, 1980 and 1990 97

5-4. Estimated Value of Conventional Weapons Production in Selected Developing Countries, 1965-90 99

5-5. Arms Production as a Proportion of Total Acquisition, Selected Countries, 1965-90 109

6-1. Regional Shares of the Value of Supplier Deliveries, 1977-84 136

7-1. European Defense Production, 1989 152

7-2. Employment in the European Defense Industries, 1989 153

7-3. European Military Exports by Destination, 1987-91 160

8-1. Soviet Transfers of Major Weapons, 1981-90 177

9-1. Exporters of Major Conventional Weapons, 1988-92 205

9-2. Chinese Exports of Major Conventional Weapons by Importing Region, 1987-91 207

9-3. Chinese Exports to the Third World, 1988-92 221

15-1. Arms Deliveries to Developing Nations and the World by Supplier, 1995 397

15-2. Arms Deliveries to the World by Suppliers, 1988-95 398

2-1. Changing Regional Percentage Shares of Total Deliveries of Major Conventional Weapons, 1984-95 26

6-1. Supplier Shares of Arms Deliveries to the Third World, 1977-84 134

9-1. Arms Exports to the Third World, Excluding Exports by the United States and the USSR 206

13-1. Total Defense Expenditures, India and Pakistan, 1970-95 308

13-2. Defense Expenditures as a Percent of Gross Domestic Product, India and Pakistan, 1970-94 308

13-3. Defense Expenditures, China and India, 1980-94 310

13-4. Value of Transfers of Major Weapons to India, Pakistan and Iran, 1983-90 313

13-5. Composition of India's and Pakistan's Air Forces, 1979-95 316

13-6. Composition of India's and Pakistan's Ground Forces

Armor and Artillery, 1979-92 317

13-7. India's and Pakistan's Blue-Water Capabilities, 1979-92 318

13-8. China's Nuclear Arms

Deployed Systems, 1980-95 321

13-9. Major Weapons Suppliers

Value of Transfers to and Share of India's and Pakistan's Markets, 1986-90 323.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0815770642

0815770634

OCLC:

37588419