This essay analyzes the characteristics of global conventional arms sales, particularly the harsh competition among major arms producers, and the militarypolitical implications and economic effects for suppliers and buyers of sensitive arms. These factors interact with each other and shape the international arms transfer system dominated by a handful of industrialized states, The author examines the case of France, the third-largest arms suppliers in the world behind the US and Russia, and underlines the economic motivations, rather than military strategic reasons, that drive France to export high-tech arms worldwide. The opaque decision-making processes of the French government and the complicated relations between the government and the military-industrial complex are also examined in order to explain why France’s arms sales are often permeated with scandals.
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