Main headlines from this issue

Nuclear sales to China generate direct offsets, danger of proliferation…and profits

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Peter Felton gave a blow-by-blow account of the painful difficulties faced by Areva when the French firm built a nuclear power station in China. The challenges ran from…to the risk of shared technology spreading to countries such as Pakistan.

China’s defence offsets: when influence overtakes profit

China’s defence offset programmes are varied customized and intended to spread influence as much as generate profit……China adopts more of a peer-to-peer alliance rather than the buyer/seller relationship.

China: Localisation and technology transfer…on a railway contract

The Ministry of Railways reminded Alstom of the size of their market and made it clear that “if you are nice to us you will get it.” Political pressure on the French government was again applied at the highest level.

Professor Krolikowski explains Poland’s position to CTO

Poland might have a problem with the defence directive but Hubert Krolikowski was not being controversial when he told CTO that Poland has no difficulty with the EC.......

Indonesia: Lots of ambition, not a lot of policy

A significant number of industrial participation announcements at the 2012 Indo Defence Expo and Forum in Jakarta brought sharply into focus Indonesia’s defence procurement ambitions but took them no further along the road to a formal IP policy.