International Arms Transfers and the Middle East
International Arms Transfers and the Middle East

Author: Ian Anthony

Publisher: Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research

Published: 1998-11-19

Total Pages: 8

ISBN-13:

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The end of the Cold War and the relentless pace of technological change are altering the patterns of international arms transfers. For a number of economic and technological reasons, the US is becoming increasingly dominant, particularly with respect to the very highest military capabilities which these technologies promise, though this will not be without dislocations for the Israeli military and society. Other countries such as Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia may acquire some additional conventional capabilities, but they are not likely to be decisive in relation to Israel, though they could increase tensions associated with other disputes in the region. Finally, in the absence of progress towards a resolution of the Arab-Israeli and other regional disputes, Israel's increasing technological edge will likely have the effect of further encouraging the efforts of some countries to explore asymmetric responses such as acquiring non-conventional weapons or resorting to terrorism.

The International Arms Trade
The International Arms Trade

Author: Edward J. Laurance

Publisher: Free Press

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13:

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The events of 1991 in the Persian Gulf, which saw Iraq import enough armaments to defy the major powers, have brought the questions of arms trading to the head of the international agenda. In this text, international relations theory is applied to the transfer of military capability for the purpose of fortifying the national security of sovereign states. The author examines past patterns of arms transfer and the influences of international factors on policymakers. International relations theory is applied to the transfer of military capability for the purpose of fortifying the national security of sovereign states. The author examines past patterns of arms transfer and the influences of international factors on policymakers, in order to show that the arms trade has gone far beyond the control of individual nation states.

Arms Transfer Limitations and Third World Security
Arms Transfer Limitations and Third World Security

Author: Thomas Ohlson

Publisher: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9780198291244

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Is the arms trade totally uncontrolled? What are the main obstacles to limitations on arms transfers? What can be learned from past attempts at arms transfer control? This book, which completes SIPRI's trilogy on the facts and implications of Third World build-up of major conventional weapons, assesses past efforts, current proposals and future possibilities to limit the transfer of weapons and military technology to Third World countries. It is a companion to the two SIPRI volumes, Arms Production in the Third World (1986) and Arms Transfers to the Third World 1971-85 (OUP, 1987)

Arms Control And The New Middle East Security Environment
Arms Control And The New Middle East Security Environment

Author: Shai Feldman

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-03-11

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 0429710852

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This volume incorporates the talks delivered at a conference on 11 Arms Control and the New Middle East Security Environment, 11 held in Ginosar (Israel) in January 1992. The conference was organized within the framework of the Project on Security and Arms Control in the Middle East conducted by Tel Aviv University's Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies. Some 28 scholars from eight different countries, together with some 30 Israelis, took part in the conference deliberations.

Scuds or Butter?
Scuds or Butter?

Author: Yahya M. Sadowski

Publisher: Brookings Institution Press

Published: 2010-12-01

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780815720942

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In the late 1970s and 1980s, Middle Eastern states spent more than $600 billion expanding their military forces. They acquired thousands of tanks, advanced fighter aircraft, ballistic missiles, chemical weapons, and—in some cases—nuclear devices. These potent arsenals make the Middle East the tinderbox of world affairs. In this book, foreign policy analyst Yahya Sadowski shows that the arms race cannot be sustained in the 1990s. Declining oil prices, overpopulation, economic mismanagement, and foreign policy adventures—such as the 1992 Gulf War, which cost local states another $600 billion—have sapped the economies of the Middle East. Facing dwindling incomes and rising expenses, growing numbers of Middle Easterners now favor diverting funds away from military expenditures and concentrating them on economic development programs. Sadowski argues that arms control programs for the Middle East should be designed to reinforce and exploit these economic pressures for demilitarization. He examines the strengths and weaknesses of various arms control proposals, such as the U.S. call for a cartel of weapons exporters and a Jordanian plan to liquidate the foreign debt of states that curb military expenditures.