Abstract
Abstract The establishment of defense technology policies is highly complex. For example, domestic issues include technology capability, economic conditions, market size, and vision of the national military establishment. Meanwhile, international issues include threats from enemy nations, existing alliances, and the international arms market competition. Furthermore, due to the interactions among the above issues, a dynamic complexity phenomenon arises in developing defense technology policy. Unlike some of the most industrialized countries such as Europe and the United States, the establishment of defense technology policies in newly industrialized countries (NICs) in East Asia is rather difficult and serious. This study analyzes the situation of the seven largest arm-importing nations, assesses the efficiency of their military expenditure in enhancing military critical technologies (MCTs). Taiwan, the largest arms importer, is then adopted as a case study to analyze the characteristics and structures of...
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