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Arms proliferation policy : support to the Presidential Advisory Board / Marcy Agmon ... [et al.].

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Arms proliferation policy : support to the Presidential Advisory Board / Marcy Agmon ... [et al.].
Publication
Santa Monica, CA : Rand, 1996.

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  • Agmon, Marcy, 1949-
  • National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)
  • Rand Corporation.
  • United States. Department of Defense.
  • United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense.
  • United States. Presidential Advisory Board on Arms Proliferation Policy.
Description
xxvi, 132 p. : ill.; 28 cm.
Summary
A 1995 Presidential Executive Order established a board to advise the president on implementing a policy on conventional (nonnuclear) arms and technology transfer. The board was to study the factors that contribute to the proliferation of strategic and advanced conventional military weapons and technology and the policy options the United States might use to inhibit such proliferation. Shrinking federal budgets have made exports of all kinds, including weapons, an attractive means of shoring up a country's industrial base. The heart of the problem is striking a balance between the preservation of military production and a healthy industrial base on the one hand, and restraining exports that proliferate advanced weapons. Foreign policy, national security, and economic interests that are served by the approval or denial of weapons sales can be compelling, but often pull in different directions. Striking the right balance among cross-cutting priorities is the key to an effective weapons transfer policy. This report discusses trends in the international arms markets, how transfers of weapons and technology are controlled, the economics of arms exports, and the relationship between arms exports and a country's economy.
Subject
  • Arms control
  • Arms race
  • Arms transfers > United States
  • Export controls > United States
  • Nuclear nonproliferation
  • Technology transfer > Government policy > United States
Note
  • "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."
  • "National Defense Research Institute."
  • "MR-771-OSD."
  • Research performed for the project, "RAND support for the President's Advisory Board on Arms Proliferation Policy"--P. 3.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-132).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
0833024035
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library