Taiwan as a Business Model of Defense Technology Development for Newly Industrialized Countries in East Asia
Titel:
Taiwan as a Business Model of Defense Technology Development for Newly Industrialized Countries in East Asia
Auteur:
Jan, Chiou-Guey
Verschenen in:
Korean journal of defense analysis
Paginering:
Jaargang 19 (2007) nr. 1 pagina's 103-138
Jaar:
2007
Inhoud:
The establishment of defense technology policies is highly complex. For example, domestic issues include technology capability, economic conditions, market size, and vision of the national military establishment. Meanwhile, international issues include threats from enemy nations, existing alliances, and the international arms market competition. Furthermore, due to the interactions among the above issues, a dynamic complexity phenomenon arises in developing defense technology policy. Unlike some of the most industrialized countries such as Europe and the United States, the establishment of defense technology policies in newly industrialized countries (NICs) in East Asia is rather difficult and serious. This study analyzes the situation of the seven largest arm-importing nations, assesses the efficiency of their military expenditure in enhancing military critical technologies (MCTs). Taiwan, the largest arms importer, is then adopted as a case study to analyze the characteristics and structures of defense technology development, while demonstrating how NICs in East Asia should establish defense technology development policies based on a macroscopic perspective and considering both national interests and an international perspective. Additionally, this study uses an Expansionist perspective to undertake a layerby-layer expansion of the issues involved in defense technology development, and divides these issues into three levels, comprising defense, national, and international levels. The Causal Loops of System Dynamics are also adopted to interpret the track record of defense technology development and the dynamic complexity observed during investigation of these issues. Finally, a business model and crucial suggestions for the defense technology development in NICs is proposed by considering how to pursue long-term national interest and long-run economic growth of defense market.
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