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040 _aSipr
041 _aeng
100 1 _aWezeman, Pieter D.
245 1 0 _aMilitary spending and arms imports by Iran, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE /
_h[electronic resource]
_cPieter D. Wezeman and Alexandra Kuimova
260 _aSolna :
_bSIPRI,
_c2019
300 _a7 p. :
_btables
490 0 _aSIPRI fact sheet
500 _aSIP1923
500 _a"May 2019".
500 _aTense relations between Iran, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are a major cause for concern regarding stability, security and peace in the Gulf region and in the Middle East more generally. These states seek to play a major role in the Middle East and use arms as a key tool in the pursuit of this aim.?To illustrate the importance given to military capability in these four states, this fact sheet provides a concise overview of trends and patterns of military expenditure and of arms imports—the main source of modern major arms for these states—in the period 1994–2018.
650 7 _amilitary expenditure
_xstatistics
_xdefence budgets
653 5 _aIran
653 5 _aSaudi Arabia
653 5 _aQatar
653 5 _aUAE
700 1 _aKuimova, Alexandra
710 2 _aSIPRI
852 _hFri e-publikation
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.sipri.org/publications/2019/sipri-fact-sheets/military-spending-and-arms-imports-iran-saudi-arabia-qatar-and-uae
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