Foreign Policy in Focus articles from June 2000

Foreign Policy in Focus archives from June 2000

Globalized Weaponry.
June 1, 2000... During the cold war the U.S. government exempted the conventional weapons trade from its general advocacy of free trade. U.S. arms exports were restricted to preserve national security, and the U.S. worked closely with allies to limit...

Problems With Current U.S. Policy.
June 1, 2000... The U.S. government intends to take advantage of the global economy to carve out an even larger market share for U.S. arms. Apparently, the plan is not merely to maintain existing levels of commercialism but to further weaken the arms export...

Toward a New Foreign Policy.
June 1, 2000... The Defense Science Board's final report predicts a dire scenario for the future: "with few exceptions, advanced conventional weapons will be available to anyone who can afford them." The DSB's conclusion is to give up, telling the Pentagon to...

Privatizing Military Training.
June 15, 2000... During the post-cold war era, there has been a proliferation of private companies providing a wide array of security services ranging from military advice and training to operational support to security protection, logistics support, policing,...

Problems With Current U.S. Policy.
June 15, 2000... Because military training is today a larger part of American foreign policy and because more of this training is being privatized, the implications of privatizing training must be considered carefully. Although interviews both with U.S....

Toward a New Foreign Policy.
June 15, 2000... The purported goal of privatization is to introduce market discipline in order to improve performance and cut costs. These benefits are only obtained, however, under particular conditions. Furthermore, privatization can have unintended costs. A...