THE END OF A ‘NATIONAL’ DEFENCE INDUSTRY?: Impacts of globalization on the Swedish defence industry

In this article, the author scrutinizes the impacts of globalization on the Swedish national defence industry prompted by the end of the Cold War through the 1990s. Through analysing the data from international, Swedish government and industrial sources, the author establishes that the Swedish defence industry, due to its overreliance on arms exports as a result of post-Cold War globalization, has become increasingly irrelevant to Swedish defence needs. We may see the end of a ‘national’ defence industry in the Swedish case. The author further argues that overreliance on arms exports to extra-European markets leads to the erosion of Swedish national security and Swedish defence readiness. The author concludes that multinational business-interest analysis is needed to generate a closer examination of the export-oriented Swedish defence industry in the context of globalization.     

日本财阀和帝国主义——以三井物产株式会社为例

日本的财阀企业和侵略战争之间究竟是一种什么样的关系?日本侵华战争背后的资本主义要求是什么?这一要求是以什么样的方式表现出来的?资本主义和企业的经济利害关系如何转化为侵略战争?为解决这些问题,本文以不同于列宁的帝国主义论的新视角,选取日本资本主义的代表性企业三井物产株式会社为研究对象,具体分析日本财阀和侵略战争之间的内在联系,努力探求侵略和战争的真正原因和规律性.