Research handbook on the arms trade / edited by Andrew T.H. Tan (Professor, Department of Security Studies and Criminology, Macquarie University, Australia).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tan, Andrew T. H., editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arms transfers.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (456 pages )

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020.

Summary:

"This comprehensive Research Handbook examines the key drivers of the arms trade, mapping the main trends in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America. It also explores the principal defence markets internationally, including the US, China, India, Russia and the UK in greater detail. Across twenty-six chapters, international experts assess the central drivers of the arms trade, such as the insecurities of small states in an increasingly realist world of power politics, the continued presence of conflict, technological change and the presence of corruption. Analysing critical issues from the future of air and naval power and their implications for the trade to the impact of emerging technology and the prospects for arms control, the chapters raise a number of central issues as to the challenges and future direction of the arms trade. The Research Handbook concludes that defence spending and procurement have remained paramount and on a general upward trend since the Cold War, particularly in Asia and the Middle East. This Research Handbook will be a valuable resource for academics and students of international relations, security studies and political science. Its global approach will also be beneficial for arms policy analysts and defence professionals"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Foreword

Part I: The trade in arms

1. Understanding the arms trade / Andrew T.H. Tan

Part II: Key drivers of the arms trade

2. Key drivers of the arms trade / Andrew T.H. Tan

3. The future of deterrence and the arms trade / Adam Lockyer

4. Small state survival strategies and the arms trade / Magnus Petersson

5. The inter-relation between arms trade, military expenditure and armed conflict / Nan Tian

6. Technological change, future wars and the arms trade / Malcolm Davis

7. Corruption in the arms trade / Sam Perlo-Freeman

8. Natural resource rents and military expenditures in the Middle East and North Africa : a long-run perspective / Hamid E. Ali

Part III: Defence spending and procurement

9. Defense spending and modernization in the United States / Seamus P. Daniels

10. China's defense spending and procurement / Yves-Heng Lim

11. India: defence spending and procurement / Rahul Roy-Chaudhury and Viraj Solanki

12. Russia's defence spending and procurement / Petr Topychkanov

13. Defence spending and procurement in the United Kingdom / Andrew Dorman and Matthew Uttley

14. Asia: defence spending and procurement / Andrew T.H. Tan

15. From economic to strategic crisis: European military expenditure and procurement in the 2010s / Lucie Béraud-Sudreau

16. Defense spending and procurement in the Middle East and North Africa / Riad Alsalam Attar

17. Defence expenditure and procurement - Africa / Martin Revayi Rupiya

18. Defence spending and procurement in Latin America / Rafael Duarte Villa and Juliana Viggiano

Part IV: Key issues

19. Arms exports and U.S. grand strategy : understanding the nexus / Paul J. Smith

20. The Chinese defence industrial base: past accomplishments and future challenges / Jingdong Yuan

21. The European defence industries / Aude-E. Fleurant and Yannick Quéau

22. Bloc obsolescence: case study of European air power / Ian Anthony

23. The future of naval power / Swee Lean Collin Koh

24. Emerging technologies and the arms trade / Michael T. Klare and Andrew T.H. Tan

25. The revolution of autonomous systems and its implications for the arms trade / Austin Wyatt and Jai Galliott

26 conventional arms control: problems and prospects / Owen Greene

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781789900996 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.