Arms transfer limitations and Third World security

Abstract

Preface. About the authors. Introduction. Part 1 Controversies: Third World arms control and world system conflicts Third World arms control in a hegemonistic world Third World arms control - a Third World responsibility Third World arms control, military technology and alternative security. Part 2 Supplier control: US policy on arms transfers to the Third World Soviet arms transfer restraint the conventional arms transfers talks - an experiment in mutual arms trade restraint problems and prospects of arms transfer limitations among second-tier suppliers - the cases of France, the United Kingdom and the Federal Republic of Germany arms transfer limitations - the case of Sweden. Part 3 Recipient control: regional arms control in the South American context problems and prospects for arms control in South-East Asia Third World arms control - role of the non-aligned movement. Part 4 Integrating approaches: arms transfer control and proposals to link disarmament to development the nuclear non-proliferation regime as a model for conventional armament restraint. Assessment. Select bibliography. Index.