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The Arms Trade, Military Assistance, and Recent Wars: Change and Continuity

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  • STEPHANIE G. NEUMAN

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Military assistance patterns generally reflect the character of power relations among nations and states. This article analyzes the patterns of military assistance in recent wars, using them as indicators of continuities and changes in the post-Cold War world. Surveyed are the ways in which combatants obtained military supplies, training, and other kinds of political, economic, and military support between 1990 and 1993. During this period, a curious blend of new and old patterns of behavior emerged. Military support continued to flow to former clients from both the East and the West, but reduced levels of aid and changed security perceptions prompted combatants to turn to other, less traditional sources of aid. Ultimately, the shape and character of the global arms trade will be determined by the new power structure that unfolds. Evolving patterns of military assistance, however, provide some suggestion of what that new world order may look like.

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  • Stephanie G. Neuman, 1995. "The Arms Trade, Military Assistance, and Recent Wars: Change and Continuity," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 541(1), pages 47-74, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:anname:v:541:y:1995:i:1:p:47-74
    DOI: 10.1177/0002716295541001004
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