The Primacy of Politics? Arms Imports and Political Relations of the Visegrád Countries 1999–2020
Journal: Academic and Applied Research in Military and Public Management Science
Year: 2022

International commerce can be determined by the political climate between the exporter and the importer. Arms transfers are a much complex process, where beyond economic factors, alliance ties, security perception and defence planning are also considered. Still, they might not be independent of political relations. This paper aims to capture the arms supplier–recipient relations between the Visegrád countries and Russia, the United States and Germany from 1999 to 2020. More specifically, how do