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Middle Eastern Arms Recipients in the Post-Cold War World

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Arms transfers to the Middle East have been high on the international agenda since the Gulf war and the end of the Cold War. But the precise nature of recent developments, and the underlying motivations and forces that have produced the current pattern of weapons proliferation in the region, are poorly understood. A close examination of the data suggests that arms transfers to the Middle East have actually declined in the 1990s, following similar patterns manifest around the world. In addition, by shifting the focus away from arms transfers, toward overall changes in weapons arsenals and the relationship between weapons and armed forces, one can gain some insight into the underlying motives that drive regional arms acquisitions. These motives can be regional, systemic, or internal, and they interact in such a way as to enormously complicate the process of security building in the Middle East.

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  • Keith Krause, 1994. "Middle Eastern Arms Recipients in the Post-Cold War World," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 535(1), pages 73-90, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:anname:v:535:y:1994:i:1:p:73-90
    DOI: 10.1177/0002716294535001006
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