Full Description
Defence Industries in the 21st Century explores the transformation in the global defence industrial production through examining the interaction between international and domestic factors.
With the global defence industry and arms market likely continue to expand and mature, the ways in which this progression could influence international politics remain obscure. In practice, as the contents of this book show, the defence industrial bases and arms export policies of emerging states display significant variance. This variance is the result of a unique balance between domestic and international factors that has shaped the defence industrialisation behaviour and policies of the less industrialised states. One of the most important conclusions of the book is that the interplay between domestic and international factors clearly influences the variation in the emerging states' defence industrialisation policies, as well as their success or failure. While international factors create opportunities, they also limit the options available to emerging economies. Domestic factors also play an important role by shaping the policy choices of the states' decision makers.
Exploring the balance between international and domestic factors and the ways in which they influence defence industrialisation in emerging states, Defence Industries in the 21st Century will be of great interest to scholars of Defence Industries, Arms Manufacturing, and Defence, Strategic and Security Studies more generally. The chapters were originally published in Defence Studies, Comparative Strategy and All Azimuth.
Contents
Introduction Çağlar Kurç, Richard A. Bitzinger and Stephanie G. Neuman 1. The value of domestic arms industries: security of supply or military adaptation? Marc DeVore 2. Israel's defense industries - an overview Uzi Rubin 3. Between defense autarky and dependency: the dynamics of Turkish defense industrialization Çağlar Kurç 4. Turkish defense industry facing major challenges Arda Mevlutoglu 5. The Arab Gulf defense pivot: defense industrial policy in a changing geostrategic context Heiko Borchert 6. Egypt's defense industry: dependency, civilian production, and attempts at autonomy Zeinab Abul-Magd 7. Asian arms industries and impact on military capabilities Richard A. Bitzinger 8. State vs. Market in India: how (not) to integrate foreign contractors in the domestic defense-industrial sector Moritz Weiss 9. Does being part of a semi-regionalized European defense economy change state behavior in armaments policy decision-making? Jocelyn Mawdsley 10. Defense industrialization in small countries - policies in Czechia and Slovakia Martin Chovancik 11. Brazil's defense Industry: challenges and opportunities Raul Gouvea 12. Defense industrialization in Latin America Patrice Franko & Monica Herz 13. The Puzzle: multi-vector foreign policy and defense industrialization in Central Asia Çağlar Kurç Conclusion Çağlar Kurç, Richard A. Bitzinger and Stephanie G. Neuman
