Arms Trade and Economic Development

Jurgen Brauer is Professor of Economics at the College of Business Administration, Augusta State University, USA.J. Paul Dunne is Professor of Economics at the University of the West of England, Bristol, UK.

• Introduction: Jurgen Brauer and J. Paul Dunne Part I: Theory and Policy 1. Do offsets mitigate or magnify the military burden? Lloyd J. Dumas 2. Using procurement offsets as an economic development strategy Travis Taylor 3. Mandatory defense offsets - conceptual foundations Stefan Markowski and Peter Hall 4. Economic aspects of arms trade offsets Jurgen Brauer 5. Arms trade as illiberal trade Ann Markusen 6. Defense offsets: policy versus pragmatism Ron Matthews Part II: Cases 7. Comparing British and German Offset Strategies Jocelyn Mawdsley and Michael Brzoska 8. Offsets and the Joint Strike Fighter in the UK and the Netherlands Keith Hartley 9. Nordic offset policies: changes and challeges Björn Hagelin 10. Evaluating defense offsets: the experience in Finland and Sweden Elisabeth Sköns 11. Offsets in Belgium: between Scylla and Charybdis? Wally Struys 12. The defense industry in Poland: an offsets-based revival? Stefan Markowski and Peter Hall 13. Offsets and the development of the Brazilian arms industry Sam Perlo-Freeman 14. The Argentine defense industry: an evaluation Thomas Scheetz 15. The role of offsets in Indian defense procurement policy Angathevar Baskaran 16. Offset policies and trends in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan Michael W. Chinworth 17. Offsets and defense industrialization in Indonesia and Singapore Richard A. Bitzinger 18. Defense offsets in Australia and New Zealand Stefan Markowski and Peter Hall 19. Defense industrial participation: The South African experience J.Paul Dunne and Guy Lamb 20. Defense offsets and regional development in South Africa Richard J. Haines