The Modern Defense Industry: Political, Economic, and Technological Issues

by Bitzinger, Richard A.

• ISBN13: 9780275994754
• ISBN10: 0275994759
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-10-15
• Publisher: Greenwood Pub Group

Summary

Arms and defense experts weigh in on the entire defense industry-where it's been, where it is, and, most importantly, where it's going.

Author Biography

Richard A. Bitzinger is a senior fellow with the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Previously, he was an intelligence analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency, and a researcher with the RAND Corp. He is the author of the book, Towards a Brave New Arms Industry? and his articles have appeared in such journals as International Security, Orbis, and the Naval War College Review.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction: Challenges Facing the Global Arms Industry in the 21st Century	p. 1
The Defense Industry in a Global Context
Developments in the Global Arms Industry from the End of the Cold War to the mid-2000s	p. 13
The Defense Iron Triangle Revisited	p. 38
Power, Influence, and Hierarchy: Defense Industries in a Unipolar World	p. 60
The Evolution of International Defense Hierarchies	p. 95
The Globalization of Defense Industries	p. 107
The Role, Promise, and Challenges of Dual-Use Technologies in National Defense	p. 123
The Defense Industry: Regional Perspectives
The Revolution in Military Affairs, Transformation, and the U.S. Defense Industry	p. 153
The European Defense Industry in the 21st Century: Challenges and Responses	p. 175
The Russian Defense Industry 1991-2008: From the Collapse of the Former Soviet Union to the Global Financial Crisis	p. 196
Arms and Autonomy: The Limits of Chinas Defense-Industrial Transformation	p. 212
Emerging Defense Industries: Prospects and Implications	p. 227
The Defense Industry and the Arms Trade
Export Controls and Their Relationship to National Defense Industries	p. 243
Offsets and International Industrial Participation	p. 257
The Global Small Arms Industry: Transformed by War and Society	p. 272
Key Defense-Industrial and Arms Trade-Related Terms	p. 293
Organizations, Associations, Legislation, and Initiatives Relating to the Defense Industry and the Arms Trade	p. 325
Key Defense Companies	p. 341
Index	p. 357
About the Contributors	p. 371
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