Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures and tables; Contributors; Preface; Introduction; 1 Do offsets mitigate or magnify the military burden?; 2 Using procurement offsets as an economic development strategy; 3 Mandatory defense offsets-conceptual foundations; 4 Economic aspects of arms trade offsets; 5 Arms trade as illiberal trade; 6 Defense offsets: policy versus pragmatism; 7 Comparing British and German offset strategies; 8 Offsets and the Joint Strike Fighter in the UK and the Netherlands; 9 Nordic offset policies: changes and challenges
Summary
With the US invasion of Iraq, the issue of arms trading is once again at the forefront of world events. Arms-importing countries often ask their suppliers to 'offset' the cost by reinvesting some of the money in their country
