Arms Industries: New Suppliers and Regional Security [National Security Implications]

Abstract

The growth of arms manufacturing by newly industrializing countries affects US national security interests by making it either easier or more difficult for US leaders to achieve their global or regional objectives. Former Secretary of State George Schultz aptly summed up US aims in stating that the United States wants to help "shape a peaceful and secure international order for the remainder of this century and beyond."1 Specifically, the United States wants a world composed of independent states, whose people have a voice in their own destinies. This nation desires to achieve a peace, but not a peace that results from Soviet domination. It also prefers to see nations grow more prosperous through participating in an open international trading system.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA497265

Entities

People

  • Ralph Sanders

Organizations

  • Defense Security Cooperation Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerospace Industry
  • Agreements
  • Aircrafts
  • Asia
  • Commerce
  • Defense Industry
  • Governments
  • Manufacturing
  • National Security
  • Regional Security
  • Security
  • South America
  • South Asia
  • Technology Transfer
  • Training Aircraft
  • United States
  • Ussr

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Strategic Security Studies