CIAO DATE: 12/03

Challenging Conventional Wisdom: Debunking the Myths and Exposing Risks of Arms Export Reform

Tamar Gabelnick and Rachel Stohl

Center for Defense Information

June 2003

 

Table of Contents

Challenging Conventional Wisdom (PDF format, 17 pages, 400.7 KB)
Tamar Gabelnick and Rachel Stohl

Supporting the Arms Industry: U.S. Government Subsidies of the Arms Trade
John Feffer

Economic Arguments for Arms Export Reform
Kevin Speers and RADM Stephen H. Baker (Ret.)

U.S. Arms Exports and Interoperability: Fighting With Each Other
Colonel Daniel M. Smith, USA (Ret.)

Military Diplomacy: The Myth of Arms for Influence
Cassady Craft

Risky Business: The Security Implications of Arms Export Reforms
Jason Meyers

Foreign Policy Risks of Arms Export Reforms
Joseph P. Smaldone

A View From Congress
David Fite

The Wassenaar Arrangement
Wade Boese

The Missile Technology Control Regime
Jillian Hayes and Theresa Hitchens

Toward Harmonized International Standards: The Framework Convention on International Arms Transfers
Michael Crowley and Greg Puley

Conclusion: Developing Sound Export Control Reforms for Today's Security Environment (PDF format, 23 pages, 163.3 KB)
Tamar Gabelnick and Rachel Stohl