Open AccessLa industria de defensa en el mundo: hechos estilizados y tendencias
Author(s) -
Antonio Fonfría
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
revista de estudios de seguridad internacional
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2444-6157
DOI - 10.18847/1.14.1
Subject(s) - stylized fact , promotion (chess) , welfare economics , politics , political science , international trade , economics , economy , business , economic system , keynesian economics , law
As in other areas, technological transformations, along with their high speed, have been incorporated into weapons systems throughout the global defense industry. However, it is not possible to know to what extent the new technological leaderships are undermining the foundations of those that existed until now. Along with this, changes in the geo-political and geo-economics spheres are generating a reality in which aspects such as the international arms trade, the emergence of SMEs in the sector or, as far as the EU is concerned, the promotion of defense policy, transform the morphology and relationships between the agents that intervene in this market. What can be the future trends considering the main stylized facts that are observed today?