Economic Implications of Military Expenditures in the Middle East

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ID3916679
AutoresHossein Askari (0000-0002-8973-366X, Wayne State University), Vittorio Corbo (Sir George Williams)
Ano1974
Volume11
Fascículo4
Páginas341-343
Data de publicação1974-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Peace Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0022-3433 • E-ISSN: 1460-3578
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/002234337401100405
OpenAlexW2030205162
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4

Since 1949 military expenditures in the Middle East have grown at a rapid rate and are now large in dollar volume. For instance, from 1949-1969, military expenditures increased at an average annual rate of 14 percent for the Middle Eastern Nations (UAR, Israel, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait and Lebanon) as compared to a rate of 7 percent for the United States, 4.6 percent for France, 4.1 percent for the Soviet Union and 1.6 percent for the United Kingdom. And in 1970, the dollar value of these expenditures (in millions of 1960 United States dollars) were: Israel (1268), UAR (1043.9), Iran (619.5), Saudi Arabia (387), Iraq (202.4), Syria (157.8), Jordan (76.4), Kuwait (70), Lebanon (45.1), Yemen (14), or a total of $3884.1 million for all of these countries combined.' In more recent years, leading up to the recent war, these military expenditures have again grown rapidly and for Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Iran, the growth rate has been even more phenomenal.2

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