An outline of military technological dynamics as restraints for acquisition, international cooperation and domestic technological development

Silva, Édison Renato; Júnior, Domício Proença

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“…In what concerns industry and technology, P&E's assumption that technological promises lead to operational capabilities and development has been regarded as simplistic (Proença Jr. 2011b;Silva and Proença Jr. 2014), and P&E's expectation of smooth running defence acquisition, unrealistic (Bohn 2014;Franko 2014). Still, Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) do emerge as a one of P&E's central pillars, arguably its clearest expression of the developmental counterpart of P&E to defence proper.…”

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Brazilian national defence policy and strategy reviewed as a unity

Júnior

Lessa

2018

Rev. bras. polít. int.

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• Este é um artigo publicado em acesso aberto e distribuído sob os termos da Licença de Atribuição Creative Commons, que permite uso irrestrito, distribuição e reprodução em qualquer meio, desde que o autor e a fonte originais sejam creditados.http://www.scielo.br/rbpi Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional ISSN 1983-3121 Brazilian national defence policy and strategy reviewed as a unity Introduction T he public, regular presentation of defence policies and strategies is one of the cornerstones of democratic governance and serves diplomacy to preserve, protect, and support international peace and security. Such documents are a polity's declaratory policy, playing substantial domestic and international roles. They matter on many levels, conveying a polity's intentions and objectives, alternatives and choices about ends, ways, means, and methods. As importantly, defence policies are essential components of the system of checks and balances and civil-military relations.As defence policies express a polity's perception and direction as a whole, as a nation, they offer the opportunity of considering, furthermore, the role that defence preparations might play in development, in the well-being of the citizenry, in forming or enhancing their shared identity. They bring together aspirations and constraints, ambitions and restraints, ends desired and means required, the interpretation of the past and of what the future might hold. Defence policies serve, as a result, to communicate both how a polity perceives itself and how it perceives and wishes to participate in international society. Domício Proença Jr.Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Programa de Engenharia de Produção Rio de Janeiro -RJ, Brazil (domicio.proenca.jr@gmail.com).ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0003-1051-7866 Marcus Augustus LessaUniversidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Programa de Engenharia de Produção Rio de Janeiro -RJ, Brazil (marcus.lessa@gmail.com).ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0001- Brazilian national defence policy and strategy reviewed as a unity Rev. Bras. Polít. Int., 60(2): e010, 2017 Proença Jr.; Lessa 2The Brazilian partnership in BRICS enhanced its international profile and elevated its role as a potential global player in the first two decades of the 21 st Century. This has made Brazil's expression of its ambitions, intentions, designs, defence policy and strategy of global, and not just of regional, interest. Política Nacional de Defesa (PND, National Defence Policy) and Estratégia Nacional de Defesa (END, National Defence Strategy) correspond to the highest-level expression of Brazil's declaratory policy on defence. These are Brazil's strategic communication to the world as well as to Brazilians and to Brazilian armed forces, making them the paramount sources for appreciating Brazilian posture, projects, and prospects. What do Brazil's Política Nacional de Defesa (PND) and Estratégia Nacional de Defesa (END) say?Two important caveats must precede their appreciation. First, it is neither possible to substitute their reading nor to...

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Brazilian national defence policy and strategy reviewed as a unity

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Lessa

2018

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“…Furthermore, supporters of national arms manufacturing industries claim that besides producing economies of scale, they help to advance science and technology beyond military applications, thereby stimulating economic development (Silva and Proença Jr 2014). The development of jet engines that can later be replicated in the civil aviation industry is a particularly good example.…”

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“…We agree that Brazil needs a more transparent, responsive, ethical, and efficient arms transfer policy. Therefore, the recent agreement between the Brazilian government and the Swedish company SAAB involving the local production of 30 Gripen NG jets from 2018 onwards may result not only in greater autonomy spurred by technology from abroad, or the export of this Swedish-Brazilian jet to third countries on the continent or elsewhere in the world (G1 2014;Silva and Proença Jr 2014). It may trigger far-reaching and positive changes in the formulation and implementation of arms transfer policies for weapons produced in Brazil.…”

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“…Depending on their economic status and capabilities, some countries may consider manufacturing their own arms instead of purchasing them from powerful supplying countries (Silva and Proença Jr 2014). While costly, developing a national arms industry is widely regarded as an essential determinant of a country's sovereign and independent international presence.…”

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Arms Transfer Policies and International Security: the Case of Brazilian-Swedish Co-operation

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This article discusses arms trade policies from an international security perspective. Arms transfers are widely treated as political issues even when economic incentives exist. They affect bilateral and multilateral relations among suppliers, countries receiving the arms, non-state actors, taxpayers, and victims. Following the agreement to build Swedish SAAB Gripen NG fighter jets in Brazil, more may be produced for sale to third countries. This, in turn, calls for a review of Brazil's arms transfer policy. In this instance, Sweden's principled arms sales model could serve as a basis for a revised Brazilian arms transfer policy as well.

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An outline of military technological dynamics as restraints for acquisition, international cooperation and domestic technological development

Abstract: Um delineamento da dinâmica tecnológica militar como restrição para aquisição, cooperação internacional e desenvolvimento tecnológico interno http://dx

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Brazilian national defence policy and strategy reviewed as a unity

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