The ending of the Cold War was supposed to increase global security and divert expenditure previously earmarked for arms purchases to more constructive ends. Instead, the arms trade has flourished. Not only conventional arms, but also police and surveillance equipment, have been provided by Western countries seeking to make a profit from conflict in unstable parts of the world. Foreign debt has remained high, development has been held back, and human rights have been systematically abused, all with the connivance of an arms trade prepared to turn a blind eye to the uses to which increasingly sophisticated weaponry is put, so long as hefty profits can be reaped. This disturbing book names the players in the arms trade and charts the impact that it has had on war, human rights, and development. The financial and trade mechanisms that permit the arms trade to continue are revealed, amid sordid tales of bribery and corruption. Gideon Burrows concludes his examination by reviewing the ways in which this trade can be controlled or even abolished.
Policy Studies on Electoral Politics: A Selected Bibliography
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The author recounts his experiences as Director of the State Department Policy Planning Staff, Secretary of the Navy, arms control negotiator, and Ambassador at Large
Public Administration in an Era of Growing Complexity: The Role of Technical Information and the Holding of Policy-relevant Information
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Written in an engaging and accessible manner, The Evolution of Arms Control weds an inductive analysis of arms control systems to a general history of arms control from 883 BCE to the present.
Utilizing a computer wargame developed initially for the U.S. Department of Defense, the authors demonstrate the impact of alternative types of agreements on NATO's ability to defend itself without resorting to nuclear weapons.
Utilizing a computer wargame developed initially for the U.S. Department of Defense, the authors demonstrate the impact of alternative types of agreements on NATO's ability to defend itself without resorting to nuclear weapons.
NATO's Stake in the New Talks on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe: Regaining the High Ground
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