Technology Transfer And U.S. Security Assistance : The Impact Of Licensed Production

The national security issues surrounding U.S. arms sales policies and practices have been the subjects or our research tor the past ten years. In this study the authors’ were determined to conduct a more focussed analysis of emerging policy issues tor security assistance; namely, the relationship between technology transfer and security assistance policies of the U.S. Government. This book assesses the development or indigenous arms production capabilities or recipients or U.S. security assistance. In particular we examine a seldom analyzed level of technology transfer: the transfer or less than state-of-the-art technologies and production capabilities to allies through routine security assistance decisions.

David J. Louscher is Director of Studies at Foresight International and Professor of Political Science at The University of Akron. Michael D. Salomone is Associate Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences, and Associate Professor of Foreign Affairs and Social and Decision Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University.