Publication

Mar 2017

This paper analyzes how and why Arab states are striving to ramp up their indigenous armaments production capabilities. The text specifically look at 1) the proliferation of post-Cold War defense spending in the MENA region; 2) why Arab states’ domestic defense production efforts failed in the past but might succeed in the future; 3) the specific attempts by Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to build up their defense industries; and 4) the smaller, more recent forays by other MENA states, such as Jordan, Kuwait and Qatar, to accomplish the same end.

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Author Florence Gaub, Zoe Stanley-Lockman
Series EUISS Chaillot Papers
Issue 141
Publisher European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)
Copyright © 2017 EU Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)
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