Die rüstungsindustrielle und -technologische Basis eines Landes hat nicht nur eine verteidigungs- und sicherheitspolitische Funktion. Sie ist auch Voraussetzung für Mitsprache und Einfluss nicht nur bei der anstehenden Neustrukturierung der europäischen Rüstungsindustrie und der Entwicklung...

The concept of the 'military-industrial complex'- which describes an alliance between a nation's military troops, its defense industry as its main supplier, and parts of the political apparatus - is already commonly used when speaking about the US situation. The paper investigates whether the...

The year 2006 was more successful as regards the achievements in the defense sphere than the preceding years, notwithstanding certain setbacks that occurred in implementing military reform, solving the social problems of the military and equipping the armed forces with modern weapons, which will...

The ""red files"" revealed. Examining the period from the early 1930s through Stalin's death in 1953?the height of the Stalinist regime?this enlightening book reveals what we have learned from the archives, what has surprised us, and what has confirmed what we already knew. Most of the authors...