<p>This report documents the government submissions to the United Nations on the transfer of arms in seven weapons categories in 1992 and compares this data with information published by S.I.P.R.I. in its arms trade register. It assesses the results of the United Nations register and the prospects for improving it in 1994. It is a unique source of information that will be of special interest to political scientists and policymakers interested in arms control.</p>

Arms Watch: SIPRI Report on the First Year of the UN Register of Conventional Arms (SIPRI Research Reports)

Reference

Laurance, Edward J.

Wezeman, Siemon T.

Wulf, Herbert

Words, Language & Grammar

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

This report documents the government submissions to the United Nations on the transfer of arms in seven weapons categories in 1992 and compares this data with information published by SIPRI in its arms trade register. It assesses the results of the United Nations register and the prospects for improving it in 1994. It is a unique source of information that will be of special interest to political scientists and policymakers interested in arms control.

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

Oxford University Press

<p>The events of 1991 in the Persian Gulf, which saw Iraq import enough armaments to defy the major powers, have brought the questions of arms trading to the head of the international agenda. In this text, international relations theory is applied to the transfer of military capability for the purpose of fortifying the national security of sovereign states. The author examines past patterns of arms transfer and the influences of international factors on policymakers. International relations theory is applied to the transfer of military capability for the purpose of fortifying the national security of sovereign states. The author examines past patterns of arms transfer and the influences of international factors on policymakers, in order to show that the arms trade has gone far beyond the control of individual nation states.</p>

The International Arms Trade (Issues in World Politics Series)

Business & Money

Lexington Books

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