Research Handbook on the Arms Trade by Andrew T.H. Tan (English) Hardcover Book

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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.

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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.

Author Biography

Edited by Andrew T.H. Tan, Non-Resident Principal Fellow, Institute for Indo-Pacific Affairs, New Zealand

Table of Contents

Contents:Foreword xvPART I THE TRADE IN ARMS1 Understanding the arms trade 2Andrew T.H. TanPART II KEY DRIVERS OF THE ARMS TRADE2 Key drivers of the arms trade 17Andrew T.H. Tan3 The future of deterrence and the arms trade 39Adam Lockyer4 Small state survival strategies and the arms trade 53Magnus Petersson5 The inter-relation between arms trade, military expenditure and armed conflict 66Nan Tian6 Technological change, future wars and the arms trade 80Malcolm Davis7 Corruption in the arms trade 97Sam Perlo-Freeman8 Natural resource rents and military expenditures in the Middle East and NorthAfrica : a long-run perspective 115Hamid E. AliPART III DEFENCE SPENDING AND PROCUREMENT9 Defense spending and modernization in the United States 133Seamus P. Daniels10 China's defense spending and procurement 147Yves-Heng Lim11 India: defence spending and procurement 166Rahul Roy-Chaudhury and Viraj Solanki12 Russia's defence spending and procurement 183Petr Topychkanov13 Defence spending and procurement in the United Kingdom 193Andrew Dorman and Matthew Uttley14 Asia: defence spending and procurement 208Andrew T.H. Tan15 From economic to strategic crisis: European military expenditure and procurementin the 2010s 226Lucie Béraud-Sudreau16 Defense spending and procurement in the Middle East and North Africa 241Riad Alsalam Attar17 Defence expenditure and procurement – Africa 259Martin Revayi Rupiya18 Defence spending and procurement in Latin America 274Rafael Duarte Villa and Juliana ViggianoPART IV KEY ISSUES19 Arms exports and U.S. grand strategy: understanding the nexus 289Paul J. Smith20 The Chinese defence industrial base: past accomplishments and future challenges 308Jingdong Yuan21 The European defence industries 328Aude-E. Fleurant and Yannick Quéau22 Bloc obsolescence: case study of European air power 342Ian Anthony23 The future of naval power 356Swee Lean Collin Koh24 Emerging technologies and the arms trade 379Michael T. Klare and Andrew T.H. Tan25 The revolution of autonomous systems and its implications for the arms trade 389Austin Wyatt and Jai Galliott26 Conventional arms control: problems and prospects 406Owen GreeneIndex 419

Review

'An excellent volume which provides fresh perspectives on the wicked problem of the international arms trade. With an impressive list of contributors spanning North America, Europe and the Indo-Pacific, this book will be of significant interest to both academics and practitioners alike.' -- Ben Schreer, Macquarie University, Australia'This is an excellent compendium of chapters on this relatively neglected sphere of international political studies. It brings together an impressive range of expertise in the field who examine the many dimensions and facets of the international arms trade. The volume succeeds in being both accessible to the non-specialist, while also conveying the directions in which more advanced research is progressing.' -- M.L.R. Smith, King's College London, UK

Review Quote

'An excellent volume which provides fresh perspectives on the wicked problem of the international arms trade. With an impressive list of contributors spanning North America, Europe and the Indo-Pacific, this book will be of significant interest to both academics and practitioners alike.'

Details ISBN1789900980 Language English Year 2020 ISBN-10 1789900980 ISBN-13 9781789900989 Format Hardcover Pages 456 Publication Date 2020-12-18 Publisher Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Imprint Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Place of Publication Cheltenham Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2020-12-18 NZ Release Date 2020-12-18 UK Release Date 2020-12-18 Author Andrew T.H. Tan Edited by Andrew T.H. Tan DEWEY 382.456234 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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