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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827174203321

Autore

Byman Daniel <1967->

Titolo

China's arms sales [[electronic resource] ] : motivations and implications / / Daniel L. Byman, Roger Cliff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Monica, CA, : RAND, 1999

ISBN

0-8330-4354-4

0-585-38413-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xiii, 60 p

Altri autori (Persone)

CliffRoger

Disciplina

382/.456234/9051

Soggetti

Arms transfers - China

China Military policy

China Military relations United States

United States Military relations China

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

At head of title: Project Air Force.

"Prepared for the United States Air Force."

"MR-1119-AF"--P. [4] of cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 55-60).

Nota di contenuto

PREFACE -- PROJECT AIR FORCE -- SUMMARY -- CHINAÌS PRIMARY CUSTOMERS -- MOTIVATIONS -- SOURCES OF RESTRAINT -- POLICY IMPLICATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND -- EXPLAINING CHINAÌS ARMS TRANSFERS -- CHINAÌS PRINCIPAL ARMS TRANSFER RELATIONSHIPS -- Iran -- Iraq -- Pakistan -- North Korea -- Myanmar -- Thailand -- RECIPIENT COUNTRY DEMAND -- BEIJINGÌS INCENTIVES -- ChinaÌs Foreign Policy Interests -- Commercial Motivations for Arms Transfers -- POSSIBLE CONSTRAINTS ON CHINAÌS ARMS TRANSFERS -- BEIJINGÌS ABILITY TO CONTROL ARMS TRANSFERS -- BEIJINGÌS ATTITUDES TOWARD ARMS SALES AND PROLIFERATION -- ChinaÌs Degree of Adherence to Nonproliferation Regimes -- U.S. Ability to Influence Beijing -- IMPLICATIONS FOR THE UNITED STATES -- IMPLICATIONS OF UNPREVENTABLE TRANSFERS -- FINAL WORDS -- AN OVERVIEW OF CHINAÌS ARMS SALES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY.