Chapter 9 Trends in the Production and Transfer of Conventional Weapons

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Tables and Figures vii
4. Acronyms ix
5. Acknowledgements xi
6. Introduction 1
7. Nuclear Weapons
8. Trends in Nuclear Proliferation and Supply Side Controls 11
9. The new Nuclear Producers: The Main Threat to Supply-Side Restraints? 25
10. Nuclear Export Controls: Can we Plug the Leaks? 39
11. Chemical and Biological Weapons
12. The Supply-Side Control of the Spread of Chemical Weapons 57
13. Chemical and Biological Weapons: Preventing the Spread of the “Poor Man’s Atomic Bomb”? 75
14. The Spread of Biological and Toxin Weapons: A Nightmare of the 1990s? 99
15. Ballistic Missiles
16. Ballistic Missile Proliferation and the MTCR 113
17. Missile Proliferation: Demand-Side Policies are Needed 127
18. Conventional Weapons
19. Trends in the Production and Transfer of Conventional Weapons 139
20. The Changing ARMS Trade 155
21. Conclusion 173
22. Major Suppliers Groups 183
23. G7 Declaration on ARMS Transfers and Non-Proliferation 185
24. Meeting of the Permanent Five on ARMS Transfers and Non-Proliferation in London, 17-18 October 1991 189
25. Guidelines for Transfers of Nuclear-Related Dual-Use Equipment, Material, and Related Technology 193