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Russian Arms Export: Strategies of Influence

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 ...

11.03.2014

Arms Barons Go Underground

... These tailor-made orders will in all likelihood become a real alternative to mass production. There is thus strong reason to believe that some of the first lucky customers to enjoy these custom-made goods will be buyers of small arms. In other words, arms production will become more accessible. Secondly, as international law in arms trade control grows stricter, countries facing a risk of international sanctions will instead turn to developing defence production domestically. In actuality, this has already happened in the past, as many of the today’s great powers owe their ...

26.03.2013

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