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Scuds or Butter? - The Political Economy of Arms Control in the Middle East (Paperback, New)
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Scuds or Butter? - The Political Economy of Arms Control in the Middle East (Paperback, New)
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In the 1970s and 1980s, Middle Eastern states spent more than $600
billion expanding their military forces. They acquired thousands of
tanks, advanced fighter aircraft, ballistic missiles, chemical
weapons, and - in some cases - nuclear devices. These potent
arsenals make the Middle East the tinderbox of world affairs. In
this book, foreign policy analyst Yahya Sadowski shows that the
arms race cannot be sustained in the 1990s. Declining oil prices,
overpopulation, economic mismanagement, and foreign policy
adventures - such as the 1991 Gulf War, which cost local states
another $600 billion - have sapped the economies of the Middle
East. Facing dwindling incomes and rising expenses, growing numbers
of Middle Easterners now favor diverting funds away from military
expenditures and concentrating them on economic development
programs. Sadowski argues that arms control programs for the Middle
East should be designed to reinforce and exploit these economic
pressures for demilitarization. He examines the strengths and
weaknesses of various arms control proposals, such as the U.S. call
for a cartel of weapons exporters and a Jordanian plan to liquidate
the foreign debt of states that curb military expenditures.
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