Emerging Choices for the Soviets in Third World Arms Transfer Policy

Abstract

The Soviet Union has enjoyed important advantages in its competition with the United States and other suppliers of military equipment to the Third World. However, Moscow also confronts a number of policy choices and dilemmas in its efforts to maintain or enlarge its share of the arms transfer market. Pressures on the Soviet Union to adjust its traditional policies to the changing market environment are not likely to abate as new arms suppliers enter the market and buyers become more demanding. As a result, Moscow may have to reexamine the calculus of policy on which it has operated in the Third World.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA497078

Entities

People

  • William H. Lewis

Organizations

  • Defense Security Cooperation Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Aircrafts
  • Armored Personnel Carriers
  • Artillery
  • Fixed Wing Aircraft
  • Foreign Relations
  • Governments
  • International Organizations
  • Military Applications
  • Military Equipment
  • Money
  • National Security
  • Production
  • Technology Transfer
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • Ussr

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Economics
  • Strategic Security Studies