... aims to coordinate positions on the issue’. Additionally, Russia has played a key role in the conflict, as it signed strategic partnership agreements with both Algeria in 2005 and Morocco in 2002. Its relationship with Algeria has revolved around arms trade.
As Algeria has been supporting Polisario with weapons and has traditionally been hostile to Morocco, is it still in Russia’s interest to continue its arms sales to Algeria? Indeed, there have been
incidents
involving Polisario and Russian ...
Notwithstanding the multitude of dire predictions about the decline of Russian arms exports, Moscow is building up its military-technical cooperation with foreign partners, firmly holding onto second place among global arms exporters. In 2013, sales of Rosoboronexport, Russia's sole vendor of defense items, reached
USD 13.2 billion
, with the United States leading the way with USD 23.6 billion and France trailing in third with USD 6.9 billion. In 2012, both the sales numbers and the ranking of exporters...
The Future of the Illicit Arms Trade
Thirty years ago, the idea of an “illicit arms trade” did not hold much meaning for international lawyers. In fact, very little law existed to regulate international arms transfers. Each country exported weapons according to its ...
