L'industrie d'armement dans le processus de globalisation

Jacques Fontanel (), Jean-Paul Hébert and Fanny Coulomb ()
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Jacques Fontanel: CESICE - Centre d'études sur la sécurité internationale et les coopérations européennes - UPMF - Université Pierre Mendès France - Grenoble 2 - IEPG - Sciences Po Grenoble - Institut d'études politiques de Grenoble
Fanny Coulomb: CESICE - Centre d'études sur la sécurité internationale et les coopérations européennes - UPMF - Université Pierre Mendès France - Grenoble 2 - IEPG - Sciences Po Grenoble - Institut d'études politiques de Grenoble, PACTE - Pacte, Laboratoire de sciences sociales - UPMF - Université Pierre Mendès France - Grenoble 2 - UJF - Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 - IEPG - Sciences Po Grenoble - Institut d'études politiques de Grenoble - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: The notion of globalisation expresses the rise of the commercial world and sometimes refers to the concepts of domination and concentration of power. However, the arms industry has always been protected by nations. "The "commodification" of arms effectively favours the concentration and restructuring of the arms industries, as well as the international arms trade. While states have historically waged military wars for the purpose of predation, today power is also about economic competition, with the potential use of economic weapons in the quest for global leadership. With the collapse of the USSR, the arms industry experienced an economic crisis, which led them to develop dual products, particularly in the digital economy. The military-industrial complexes have lost their power to shape the technologies of today and tomorrow. The economic factors themselves have become weapons, but they are not within the framework of the arms industry. Moreover, technological dominance is an essential instrument of leadership, and the United States has taken a lead that is not yet 'settled' in the history to come.

Keywords: Globalisation; Arms industries; Military technologies; Leadership; Dual products; Industries d’armement; Technologies militaires; Produits duaux (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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Published in Jacques Fontanel. Globalisation économique et sécurité internationale : introduction à la géoéconomie, Université Pierre Mendès France, pp.132-172, 2004, Côté cours, 2-86561-282-1

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