Arms trade is an international business. A few decades ago the arms business was in the hands of governments. Even though there's a group of private arms companies now, the arms business remains tied to today's international relations of the world. As countries make alliances with each other, as treaties are made, the arms industry plays an important strategic role in world politics. The present day's world politics can be a complex chess game, with …showed first 75 words of 1904 total…

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