Research Handbook on the Arms Trade

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

• 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

'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.'