Challenging the New World Order: The Arms Transfer Policies of the Russian Republic

Abstract

The author considers Russia's program of conventional arms and nuclear technology exports in terms of the domestic and 'international security ramifications of that policy. After introducing some of the dangers that a virtually unrestricted arms sales or transfer program poses for the sellers, he analyzes the impact of these sales on Russia's domestic politics and economics. The author traces the confirmed reports of nuclear transfers and their impact on both domestic and foreign policies. He then examines the nature and repercussions of Russian arms sales abroad, in particular to India, Iran, China, the members of ASEAN, and the two Koreas. The author concludes with a somber warning of the risks, foreign and domestic, posed by these sales, and offers a number of recommendations for the United States to consider in dealing with this problem. Russian arms transfers, Conventional and nuclear weapons, Military technologies, Military-industrial complex (MIC), ASEAN.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA272992

Entities

People

  • Stephen J. Blank

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Arms Control
  • Cis
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Law
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • International Trade
  • Market Economy
  • Nuclear Energy
  • Nuclear Materials
  • Nuclear Power Plants
  • Treaties
  • Ussr
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Asian Economic Studies
  • International Relations and European Studies
  • Strategic Security Studies