The Modern Arms Market of the Southeast Asia Countries: a Vector of Development and New Opportunities for Russia

Abstract

The article highlights the main parameters of arms market conditions and development tendencies in Southeast Asia countries, which have traditionally attracted the attention of the world's leading producers and exporters of military products, including Russia. The most important international factor is the US-China competition in the region as well as the policy of the People’s Republic of China. In this context, the strategy of the countries pursues to have a restraining influence, what in military construction matters to take measures to modernize and update their weapons along with developing the national military industry. This creates new prospective opportunities for Russia as one of the leaders of the global arms market.