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The political economy of Gulf defense establishments / Zoltan Barany, ...

Type de contenu
  • Texte
Type de médiation
  • sans médiation
Type de support
  • Volume
Titre(s)
  • The political economy of Gulf defense establishments / Zoltan Barany, ...
Auteur(s)
Publication
  • Cambridge [etc.] : Cambridge University press, 2021
Description matérielle
  • 1 vol. (76 p.) : ill. ; 23 cm
Collection
  • Cambridge elements Elements in defence economics 2632-3311
ISBN
  • 1-108-95975-X
  • 978-1-108-95975-9
EAN
  • 9781108959759
Appartient à la collection
  • Elements in defence economics (Print) 2632-3311
Classification décimale Dewey
  • 338.473 55
Note sur les bibliographies et les index
  • Bibliogr. p. [65]-76. Notes bibliogr.
Résumé ou extrait
  • "The six monarchies on the Arabian Peninsula have devoted enormous sums to defense in past decades. Nevertheless, the gap between their expensive armaments and their capacity to deter aggression and/or project military strength has narrowed but little in that time. This Element takes a political economy approach and argues that structural factors inherent in the Gulf states' political systems prohibit civilian oversight of the defense sector and are responsible for this outcome. Lax restraints on military outlays, in turn, enable widespread corruption, lead to large-scale waste, and account for the purchasing of unneeded, unsuitable, and incompatible weapons systems. The Element explores the challenges caused by plummeting oil prices and the resulting budget cuts and considers the development of domestic defense industries in Saudi Arabia and the UAE, intended as a part of their economic diversification program. The setbacks of the Saudi-led coalition's on-going war in Yemen starkly illustrate the narrative."
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