Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 THE BROADER CONTEXT: THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET FOR MILITARY EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES; Increasing Number of Competitors; Emergence of Economically Motivated Suppliers; Continuing Third World Debt Crisis; Increasing Importance of Offsets; Narrowing Scope of Recipients; The Focus of U.S. Security Assistance; 3 THE BROADER CONTEXT: THE DOMESTIC ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF THE FMS PROGRAM; 4 EMERGING U.S. RESTRAINT; 5 PROSPECTIVE DEMAND FOR ADVANCED WEAPONRY IN THE MIDDLE EAST
The Inventory Replacement ApproachThe Multivariate Analysis Approach; Saudi Arabia: Net Assessment; Jordan: Net Assessment; Kuwait: Net Assessment; Oman: Net Assessment; Bahrain: Net Assessment; Qatar: Net Assessment; UAE: Net Assessment; The Trend Analysis Approach; Summary; 6 THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF RESTRAINT IN PROSPECTIVE MILITARY SALES TO THE MIDDLE EAST; National Economic Impacts; Income and Employment; Lost Federal Tax Revenue; Restraints on Combat Aircraft; Implications for the Aerospace Industry; Implications for the U.S. Government; Jordan and the F-16; Past Prohibition
Prospective RestraintSummary; 7 CONCLUSIONS: RESTRAINT AND ITS ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS; APPENDIX: REGIONAL DEFINITIONS; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; INDEX
Summary
This book addresses the U.S. economic impact of possible restrictions that might be placed on the sale of specific combat equipment to selected countries in the Middle East. It focuses on prospective demand for advanced equipment by Jordan and the member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council