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Bulletin of Abai KazNPU. Series of Sociological and Political sciences

GLOBAL ARMS MARKET: KEY PLAYERS, FEATURES, TRENDS

Published June 2021

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al-Farabi Kazakh National University

e-mail: baikushikova.gulnara@kaznu.kz

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G. Baikushikova

PhD, acting associate professor, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan e-mail: baikushikova.gulnara@kaznu.kz

al-Farabi Kazakh National University

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A. Kuzembayeva

candidate of historical sciences, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan e-mail: asiya.kuzembayeva@gmail.com 

al-Farabi Kazakh National University

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A. Tokbazar

Master’s student «Regional Studies», Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan e-mail: alish.tokbazar@gmail.com

al-Farabi Kazakh National University

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K. Turysbekova

Master’s student «International Relations», Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan e-mail: kymbattk@gmail.com

Abstract

This article analyzes the current situation in the global arms market. The authors of the article study the role of the main players in the international arms and military equipment market, determine the main trends in the development of the world arms market, analyze the current statistical data characterizing the state of this market.
The analysis allows us to conclude that, despite significant dynamic and structural changes, the demand for weapons in the world is not decreasing, as is the competition between the main suppliers of weapons. The intensification of military-political tensions led to an acceleration in the growth rates of the world arms trade. In addition, the geographic vector of development is changing in the global arms market. If in the second half of the twentieth century the Middle East actively acted as importing countries, then in the twenty-first century the center of world trade in military products shifted to Asia and Oceania, where the main importers of weapons are India, Pakistan, Vietnam, Singapore, South Korea, Indonesia, Japan and Australia. Most recently, there has been a new increase in demand for weapons from the Middle Eastern states, primarily Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and Egypt.

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How to Cite

[1]
Baikushikova Г., Kuzembayeva А., Tokbazar Ә. and Turysbekova К. 2021. GLOBAL ARMS MARKET: KEY PLAYERS, FEATURES, TRENDS. Bulletin of Abai KazNPU. Series of Sociological and Political sciences. 74, 2 (Jun. 2021), 155–161. DOI:https://doi.org/10.51889/2021-2.1728-8940.23.