China’s arms trade: trends and challenges
- Authors: Reshetnikova M.S.1, Shvets S.S.1
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Affiliations:
- RUDN University
- Issue: Vol 31, No 2 (2023): CHALLENGES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP IN A NEW ENVIRONMENT
- Pages: 370-378
- Section: INNOVATIONS IN THE MODERN ECONOMY
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2313-2329/article/view/324338
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.22363/2313-2329-2023-31-2-370-378
- EDN: https://elibrary.ru/BILYIA
- ID: 324338
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Abstract
Over the past decade, China has made significant progress in the development of the defense industry; today, China is able to produce almost all the nomenclature items of weapons, military vehicles, and ammunition. The aim of the research is to analyze China’s successes in the development of the defense sector; it is highlighted that the Chinese military-industrial complex has reached the point of technological self-sufficiency at this time. The essential features of the public-private partnership model (“the triple helix”) are considered. The authors tracked the evolution of China’s export regulations as they related to the selling of goods from the militaryindustrial complex. The share of Chinese military-industrial complex exports in the global arms market is revealed. The study shows the escalation of US-Chinese rivalry in the field of building up military capacities and establishing export ties. Trade in military-industrial complex products is a means for China to achieve its foreign policy goals. The authors discuss possible areas for improving the country’s export strategies and vectors of geographical coverage of foreign trade, as well as barriers and difficulties in the development of foreign trade in military-industrial complex products.
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About the authors
Marina S. Reshetnikova
RUDN University
Email: reshetnikova-ms@rudn.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2779-5838
PhD, Assistant Professor of Department of Economic and Mathe-matical Modeling
6, Miklukho-Maklaya St, Moscow, 117198, Russian FederationSergey S. Shvets
RUDN University
Author for correspondence.
Email: sergey.99.official@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3468-2180
1st year Master student, Institute of World Economy and Business
6, Miklukho-Maklaya St, Moscow, 117198, Russian FederationReferences
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