Arms Procurement Decision Making Volume II: Chile, Greece, Malaysia, Poland, South Africa, and Taiwan

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ISBN: 9780198295808 | 0198295804
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Copyright: 3/29/2001

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Why and how do countries buy the armaments and defense equipment they deem necessary? This volume includes case studies based on extensive original research by experts from the national academic and defense communities to answer this important question. In particular, it considers whether arms procurement can become more responsive to the broader objectives of security and public accountability.

Preface

Acknowledgements

Acronyms

Introduction

(8)

Ravinder Pal Singh

Background

(1)

Strengthening the role of society in monitoring defence policy

(2)

The policy-making and review cycle

(2)

The scope, method and conduct of the study

(3)

Oversight of military functions and the components of military power

(2)

The policy-making and review cycle

(1)

The four major themes of this study

(3)

Chile

(30)

Francisco Rojas Aravena

Introduction

(1)

The background to arms procurement decision making

(7)

The present arms procurement system

(4)

The defence budget and socio-economic aspects

(7)

Technical and industrial problems

(4)

Behavioural or organizational issues

(5)

Conclusions: the ideal decision-making process for arms procurement in Chile

(2)

The Chilean Ministry of Defense

(4)

The defence advisory agencies in Chile

(2)

The stages of the arms procurement process in Chile

(8)

The budget law process in the Chilean Congress

(15)

Greece

(28)

Stelios Alifantis

Christos Kollias

Introduction

(2)

National security priorities and arms procurement experience: a historical overview

(3)

Defence planning

(7)

Arms procurement decision making

(5)

The defence budget process

(2)

The defence industrial and technology base

(4)

Democratic oversight

(4)

Conclusions

(1)

US influence on defence and security policy in Greece during the early post-World War II years

(4)

The organization of the Greek Ministry of National Defence

(2)

The organization of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff

(2)

The drafting of the Greek medium-term arms procurement programme

(10)

The organization of the Greek General Directorate of Armaments

(1)

Procurement decision making in the Greek Armaments Programmes Directorate

(6)

Malaysia

(39)

Dagmar Hellmann-Rajanayagam

Introduction

(1)

The structure of the defence organizations

(4)

National security concerns and defence planning

(4)

Arms procurement planning

(5)

The defence budget and financial planning

(5)

Defence industrial aspects

(5)

Checks and balances

(4)

Conclusions and recommendations

(11)

The Malaysian Ministry of Defence

(1)

The organization of the Malaysian Armed Forces Council

(7)

The Malaysian tender and procurement process

(4)

The Malaysian annual budget cycle

(2)

Malaysian financial planning under the five-year plan

(4)

The Research and Development unit of the Malaysian Defence Science and Technology Centre

(16)

Offset arrangements between Malaysia and the German Naval Group

104

(2)

Poland

106

(36)

Pawel Wieczorek

Katarzyna Zukrowska

Introduction

106

(1)

The management of national security and defence planning

106

(9)

The arms procurement decision-making process

115

(1)

Arms procurement procedure

116

(3)

Financial planning and the defence budget

119

(3)

The Polish defence industry

122

(9)

Factors influencing arms procurement

131

(5)

Democratic oversight

136

(3)

Conclusions: an `ideal type' of arms procurement decision-making process for Poland

139

(3)

Organization of the Polish Ministry of National Defence, July 1999

108

(5)

The Polish defence policy-making sequence

113

(1)

The Polish defence planning process

114

(28)

South Africa

142

(38)

Gavin Cawthra

Introduction

142

(1)

Arms procurement under apartheid and during the transition to democracy

143

(5)

The current arms procurement process

148

(14)

Financial and budget questions

162

(3)

Techno-industrial questions

165

(7)

Organizational and behavioural issues

172

(3)

Towards an `ideal type' of arms procurement decision-making process for South Africa

175

(5)

Arms procurement decision making in South Africa, 1961-94

144

(27)

Defence R&D expenditure in South Africa, 1987-96

171

(19)

The structure of the South African Ministry of Defence

152

(1)

The arms procurement decision-making process in South Africa

153

(1)

Strategic planning in South Africa

154

(4)

The organizational structure of Armscor

158

(5)

Evaluation of arms systems in South Africa

163

(7)

The interweaving of defence and civilian technology in South Africa

170

(10)

Taiwan

180

(37)

Chih-cheng Lo

Introduction

180

(2)

Formulating the national security and defence strategy

182

(9)

The arms procurement decision-making process

191

(8)

The budget planning and programming process

199

(5)

Defence technology and industrial considerations

204

(5)

Legislative and public-interest monitoring

209

(7)

Conclusions

216

(1)

Select major arms orders by Taiwan, 1990-98

189

(4)

The stages of arms procurement in Taiwan

193

(11)

Percentage of offsets in selected arms transfers, 1980-92

204

(2)

Taiwan's decentralized scientific R&D institutions and agencies

206

(2)

Weapons produced by the Taiwanese CSIST, 1980-98

208

(16)

The organizations involved in security and arms procurement decision making in Taiwan

192

(2)

Investment outline programme and system analysis process of weapon acquisition in Taiwan

194

(4)

The organization of the Taiwanese Military Procurement Bureau

198

(3)

Flow-chart of the military budget process in Taiwan

201

(16)

Comparative analysis

217

(32)

Ravinder Pal Singh

Introduction

217

(1)

Military and politico-security issues

217

(7)

Defence budgets, financial planning and audit

224

(6)

Techno-industrial questions

230

(5)

Organizational behaviour and public-interest issues

235

(6)

Good governance, public accountability and secrecy

241

(4)

Recommendations for the future

245

(3)

Conclusions

248

(1)

Annexe A. Research questions

249

(20)

Annexe B. Abstracts of the working papers

269

(11)

Annexe C. About the contributors

280

(9)

Index

289

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Arms Procurement Decision Making Volume II: Chile, Greece, Malaysia, Poland, South Africa, and Taiwan

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