The Military as an Economic Actor

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Soldiers in Business: An Introduction

   • Jörn Brömmelhörster, Wolf-Christian Paes

   Pages 1-17

3. Military Business in Argentina

   • Thomas Scheetz

   Pages 18-31

4. Soldiers as Businessmen: The Economic Activities of Central America’s Militaries

   • Arnoldo Brenes Castro, Kevin Casas Zamora

   Pages 32-51

5. The Rise and Fall of the Chinese Military Business Complex

   • Tai Ming Cheung

   Pages 52-73

6. The Economic and Commercial Roles of the Vietnam People’s Army

   • Carlyle A. Thayer

   Pages 74-93

7. Trifungsi: The Role of the Indonesian Military in Business

   • Lesley McCulloch

   Pages 94-123

8. Power, Perks, Prestige and Privileges: The Military’s Economic Activities in Pakistan

   • Ayesha Siddiqa-Agha

   Pages 124-142

9. Praetorians or Profiteers? The Role of Entrepreneurial Armed Forces in Congo-Kinshasa

   • Wolf-Christian Paes, Timothy M. Shaw

   Pages 143-169

10. The Largest European Army in Business: The Case of Russia

    • Ksenia Gonchar

    Pages 170-186

11. Conclusion

    • Jörn Brömmelhörster, Wolf-Christian Paes

    Pages 187-196

12. Back Matter

    Pages 197-223

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Armed forces across the globe engage in economic activities both in times of war and peace. This book provides a critical analysis of this phenomenon, comparing experiences with 'military business' from four continents (Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America). Taking an interdisciplinary approach, the volume shows the implications of 'military business' for civil-military relations, good governance and international development policies.

• Argentina
• Asia
• business
• development
• entrepreneur
• Europe
• Governance
• Russia

• Asian Development Bank, Manila, Philippines

  Jörn Brömmelhörster

• Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC), Germany

  Wolf-Christian Paes

ARNOLDO BRENES CASTRO Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Culture of Costa Rica TAI MING CHEUNG PhD student at King's College, University of London KSENIA GONCHAR Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia LESLEY MCCULLOCH writer and former lecturer in Asian Studies at the University of Tasmania in Australia THOMAS SCHEETZ Professor at the Universidad Nacional de Quilmes in Buenos Aires, Argentina TIMOTHY SHAW Director of the Institute for Commonwealth Studies at the School for Advanced Studies of the University of London, UK AYESHA SIDDIQA-AGHA Independent Security Analysts and a former Ford Fellow, Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC), Germany CARLYLE THAYER Professor, School of Politics of the Australian Defence Force Academy in Canberra, Australia KEVIN CASAS ZAMORA PhD student, Univeristy of Oxford, UK

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