THE ARMS TRADE DEVELOPMENT IN CONTEXT WITH ECONOMICS AND MILITARY ASPECTS OF SECURITY ENVIRONMENT
THE ARMS TRADE DEVELOPMENT IN CONTEXT WITH ECONOMICS AND MILITARY ASPECTS OF SECURITY ENVIRONMENT

Summary/Abstract: The paper identifies and characterizes the military and economic aspects of the development of the security environment and then analyses their impact on the international trade with arms and military equipment during the period 1990–2015 on selected countries. The paper analyses the security environment impact to arms export to evaluated countries through selected military and economic indicators. The impacts of chosen military and economic indicators on arms trade flows was evaluated by statistical methods. The security environment was evaluated through selected indicators reflecting it on Pakistan and Turkey (one of mains recipients of United States and Great Britain). Indicators were processed through selected statistical methods in relation to accepted flows of weapons and military technology from major arms trade partners. The Statistical data show the relationship between accepted arms flows and military technology and the selected indicators. Based on the assessment the import of arms and military technology from the respective exporter showed a close correlation with a group of selected indicators which varied among individual exporters.

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