Under the Counter and Over the Border: Aspects of the Contemporary Trade in Illicit ArmsMark Phythian Springer Science & Business Media, 2000 M10 31 - 190 pages Although the illicit arms trade has evolved over recent years, despite the end of the Cold War it appears to be as vibrant as ever. From Bosnia and Kosovo to Angola and Sierra Leone, illicit arms flows have played a key role in areas of contemporary instability and violence. Against this background, this volume brings together studies of several key issues relating to this trade: the changing nature of the illicit arms trade; the origins of the Iran-Contra affair; the flow of illicit arms from post-communist Russia; the role of France in arming the genocide in Rwanda; the question of the role of private security companies in areas of instability; and the prospects of controlling the illicit trade in small arms. This timely volume will be essential reading for courses in Criminology, War and Peace Studies, International Politics, and African and other Area Studies which deal with arms trafficking and conflict issues. |
Contents
Cold War and PostCold War | 1 |
Lessons from the Durrani Affair | 53 |
Russia and the illicit arms trade | 85 |
French arms war and genocide in Rwanda | 105 |
The privatisation of security in contemporary SubSaharan Africa | 131 |
Examining international responses to illicit arms trafficking | 151 |
Other editions - View all
Under the Counter and Over the Border: Aspects of the Contemporary Trade in ... Mark Phythian No preview available - 2010 |
Common terms and phrases
activities Affairs aircraft ammunition Angola arms and light arms embargo arms exports arms transfers Army assistance Barcella Bulgaria co-operation co-ordinated Cold War combat illicit trafficking Commission conflict conventional arms countries covert crime criminal defence documents Durrani ECOMOG ECOWAS established European firearms forces Foreign former France French genocide GMT's groups guns Hawk Human Rights Watch Ibid illegal illicit arms trade illicit arms trafficking implementation initiatives involved Iran Iran-Contra Iranian Iraq Israel Israeli issue light weapons London manufacture Mark Phythian mercenaries military equipment missiles National Security nuclear Office operations organisations Pires political post-Cold President private security companies problems programme Quilès regime regional Report Ron Harel Rwanda SADC Sandline Sandline International shipment Sierra Leone Singlaub small arms proliferation smuggling South Africa Southern Africa Soviet Stinger stockpiles Studley sub-regional supply Trafficking in Conventional troops UNITA United Nations UNSC Washington York Zaire