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Conventional Arms Transfer to Developing Nations, 1999-2006
Richard F. Grimmett. Congressional Research Service, 26 September 2007 (.pdf file).

China's Revolution in Military Affairs: Good Enough for Government Work?
Richard A. Bitzinger. S. Rajaratnam School for International Studies, 24 August 2007 (.pdf file).

U.S. Arms Sales: Agreements With and Deliveries to Major Clients, 1998-2005
Richard F. Grimmett. Congressional Research Service, 15 December 2006.

Gobalization and Military-Industrial Transformation in South Asia: A Historical Perspective
Emrys Chew. Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, Singapore, April 2006 (.pdf file).

Cruise Control
Dennis M. Gormley. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, March/April 2006.

U.S. Arms Sales: Agreements with and Deliveries to Major Clients, 1997-2004
Richard F. Grimmett. Congressional Research Service, 29 December 2005 (.pdf file).

IT Comes of Age in the Middle East
Jon B. Alterman. Foreign Service Journal, December 2005 (.pdf file).

Come the Revolution: Transforming the Asia-Pacific's Militaries
Richard A. Bitzinger. Naval War College Review, Autumn 2005.

Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 1997-2004
Richard F. Grimmett. Congressional Research Service, 29 August 2005. Posted on the Federation of American Scientists website.

The Modernisation of the Russian Military: The Ambitions & Ambiguities of Vladimir Putin
Isabelle Facon. Conflict Studies Research Centre, August 2005.

Bytes and Bullets in Korea
Alexandre Y. Mansourov, ed. Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, 2005.

Unclassified Report to Congress on the Acquisition of Technology Relating to Weapons of Mass Destruction and Advanced Conventional Munitions 1 January-31 December 2004
Office of the Director of National Intelligence, 16 November 2004 (.pdf file).

US Congressional Report Shows US and UK Dominate Arms Deliveries to the Developing World
Chris Lindborg and Emma Mayhew. BASIC Notes, September 2004.

Gold Eagle, Red Star
Dmitri Trenin. In Miller and Dmitri Trenin, eds., The Russian Military: Power and Policy (MIT Press, Sept 2004).

Moscow's Military Power: Russia's Search for Security in an Age of Transition
Steven Miller. In Miller and Dmitri Trenin, eds., The Russian Military: Power and Policy (MIT Press, Sept 2004).

The Trajectory of the Russian Military: Downsizing, Degeneration, and Defeat
Pavel K. Baev. In Steven E. Miller and Dmitri Trenin, eds., The Russian Military: Power and Policy (MIT Press, Sept 2004).

Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 1995-2002
Richard F. Grimmett. Congressional Research Service, 22 September 2003.

Cruise Missile Proliferation
Christopher Bolkcom and Sharon Squassoni. Congressional Research Service, 3 July 2003. Posted on the FAS web site.

The Russian Ground Forces & Reform 1992-2002
M. J. Orr. Conflict Studies Research Centre, January 2003.

Acquisition of Technology Relating to Weapons of Mass Destruction and Advanced Conventional Munitions, January Through June 2003
Central Intelligence Agency. 4 March 2001.

The Information Revolution in the Middle East and North Africa
Grey E. Burkhart and Susan Older. RAND, 2003 (.pdf file).

The Information Revolution in Asia
Nina Hachigian and Lily Wu. RAND, 2003 (.pdf file).

Closing the Capabilities Gap
James Appathurai. NATO Review, Autumn 2002.

The Military in Transition: Restructuring and Downsizing the Armed Forces of Eastern Europe
Andreas Heinemann-Gruder. BICC Brief #25. Bonn International Center for Conversion, August 2002.

New Capabilities, New Members, New Relationships
Marc Grossmann. NATO Review, Summer 2002.

Military Matters: Enhancing Alliance Capabilities
Robert G. Bell. NATO Review, Summer 2002.

Debate: Should NATO's New Function Be Counter-Terrorism?
Daniel S. Hamilton and Sir Timothy Garden. NATO Review, Summer 2002.

Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 1999-2001
Richard F. Grimmett. Report for Congress, Congressional Research Service, 6 August 2002. Posted on the Federation of American Scientists website.

Russian Armed Forces Reform: Reaching Fitfully Towards a Professional Force
Colin Robinson. Military Reform Project, Center for Defense Information, 26 July 2002.

Europe's Military Revolution
Francois L. J. Heisbourg. Joint Force Quarterly, Spring 2002. Posted on the Defense Technical Information Center website.

Acquisition of Technology Relating to Weapons of Mass Destruction and Advanced Conventional Munitions, 31 July Through December 2002
Central Intelligence Agency. 4 March 2001.

The Recreation of Russia's Ground Forces High Command: Prepared for Future War?
Roger N. McDermott. Conflict Studies Research Centre, March 2002 (.pdf file).

From Crisis to Transition: The State of Russian Science Based on Focus Groups With Nuclear Physicists
Theodore P. Gerber, et al. US Department of Energy, 21 December 2001.

Australia and the Revolution in Military Affairs
Michael Evans. Working Paper #115. Land Warfare Studies Centre, August 2001.

Transformations in Global Defense Markets and Industries
John A. Battilega, David R. Beachley, Daniel C. Beck, Robert L. Driver, Bruce Jackson. Washington DC: National Intelligence Council, 16 July 2001.

China's Electronic Strategies
Timothy L. Thomas. Military Review (May-June 2001). Posted on FMSO Website

The Future of the Information Revolution in Latin America: Proceedings of an International Conference
Gregory F. Treverton and Lee Mizell. RAND, 2001.

The Future of the Information Revolution in Europe
Richard O. Hundley, et. al. Proceedings of an International Conference cosponsored by the National Intelligence Council, the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency, and the International Relations and Security Network, in Limelette, Belgium, April 2001.

The Global Technology Revolution
Philip S. Anton, et al. RAND, 2001.

Acquisition of Technology Relating to Weapons of Mass Destruction and Advanced Conventional Munitions, 1 January Through 30 June 2002
Central Intelligence Agency. 4 March 2001.

Proliferation of Advanced Weaponry: Threat to Stability
William Keller and Janne Nolan. In Richard Kugler and Ellen Frost, eds, The Global Century: Globalization and National Security. Washington DC: NDU Press, March 2001.

Acquisition of Technology Relating to Weapons of Mass Destruction and Advanced Conventional Munitions, 31 July Through December 2001.
Central Intelligence Agency Report to Congress. 22 February 2001.

Acquisition of Technology Relating to Weapons of Mass Destruction and Advanced Conventional Munitions, 1 January Through 30 June 2000
Central Intelligence Agency. February 2001.

C4ISR in Force Modernization (book)
Velizar Shalamanov and Todor Tagarev, eds. Information & Security, 2001.

Saddam Couldn't Get Playstations If He Tried - Sony
Brian Krebs. Newsbytes,26 December 2000.

Asia - Grasping Information Warfare?
Damon Bristow. Jane's Intelligence Review,December 2000. Posted on Infowar.com.

The RMA in Developing States: Dilemmas of Image, Operations, and Democracy(pdf download)
Chris Demchak. National Security Studies Quarterly(Autumn 2000)

Revolution in Military Affairs
Sharjeel Rizwan. Defence Journal (Pakistan)(September 2000)

The People's Liberation Army Looks to the Future.
Major Charles F. Hawkins (ret). Joint Force Quarterly (Summer 2000)

Indian Views of the Emerging Revolution in Military Affairs (pdf download)
Thomas Mahnken and Timothy Hoyt. National Security Studies Quarterly(Summer 2000)

New Forms of War and Arms Control in the Middle East (pdf download)
Anthony Cordesman. Washington, DC: CSIS Strategic Assessments, February 2000.

Readings on China and the RMA
Project on Defense Alternatives, 2000.

The Global Course of the Information Revolution: Political, Economic, and Social Consequences. Proceedings of an International Conference
Richard O. Hundley, Robert H. Anderson, et al. Report from a conference sponsored by Rand Corp. in Washington, DC, November 1999.

The Revolution in Military Affairs and Developments in the Persian Gulf
Anthony Cordesman. Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1 September 1999.

Warfare in Transition and the Indian Subcontinent
Vinod Anand. Strategic Analysis (August 1999). Posted on the CIAO website.

Technology Adoption and Diffusion
V.H. Carr Jr. The Learning Center for Interactive Technology, 21 June 1999. (Posted on AWC Gateway web page.)

Strategic Framework for Defence Planners: Air Power in the 21st Century
Jasjit Singh. Strategic Analysis (March 1999)

Missile Proliferation in a World of Rapidly Advancing Technology
Ed. by Kenneth G. Weiss. Report from a conference sponsored by the Center for Global Security Research, Lawrence Livermore Lab, August 1998.

An Information Revolution in the Middle East?
Ariel T. Sobelman. JCSS Strategic Assessment (July 1998).

The Revolution in Military Affairs Outside the West
Ahmed S. Hasim. Journal of International Affairs (Winter 1998).

Systemic Effects of Military Innovation and Diffusion
Emily O. Goldman and Richard B. Andrews. Joint Center for International and Security Studies, University of California, 1998.

Globalization, Information Technology, and Conflict in the Second and Third Worlds
Ernest J. Wilson III. Project on World Security, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, 1998.

The NDP's Three Exaggerated Threat Assessments
Thomas Barnett. The CNA Corporation, 1998.

Confronting the RMA in Russia
Jacob W. Kipp. Military Review (June-July 1997). Posted on the FMSO Website.

War, Information, and International Asymmetries
S.E. Goodman. Communications of the ACM (December 1996).

Satellite Capabilities Of Emerging Space-Competant States
Prof. Gerald M. Steinberg. From Evolving Trends in the Dual Use of Satellites. Pericles Gasparini Alves, ed. Geneva: UNIDIR, 1996.


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