Yudit Kiss (Hungary) is an economist. She received her PhD from Karl Marx University of Economics, Budapest, in 1989. Since 1992 she has worked as an independent researcher, based in Geneva. From 1993 to 1995 she studied conversion and defence industry restructuring under a MacArthur Foundation grant. Her publications include The Defence Industry in East-Central Europe: Restructuring and Conversion (OUP 1997), Regional and Employment Consequences of the Defence Industry Transformation in East Central Europe (International Labour Office, 1999), Small Arms and Light Weapons Production in Eastern, Central and Southeast Europe (Small Arms Survey, 2004) and East-Central European arms industries: between consolidation and crisis, Contemporary Security Policy (August 2011).

• 1. INTRODUCTION ; 2. THE POST-COLD WAR EVOLUTION OF THE ARMS INDUSTRY ; 3. POLAND: A QUALIFIED SUCCESS STORY ; APPENDIX 3A. POLISH COMPANY CASE STUDIES ; 4. HUNGARY: THE TWISTS AND TURNS OF TRANSFORMATION ; APPENDIX 4A. HUNGARIAN COMPANY CASE STUDIES ; 5. A COMPARISON OF POLAND AND HUNGARY ; APPENDIX 5A. COMPARING A POLISH AND A HUNGARIAN COMPANY ; 6. THE CZECH REPUBLIC: BRIGHT PROMISES AND SOBER REALITY ; APPENDIX 6A. CZECH COMPANY CASE STUDIES ; 7. SLOVAKIA: FROM A NATIONALIST BACKWATER TO A SLAVIC TIGER ; APPENDIX 7A. SLOVAK COMPANY CASE STUDIES ; 8. BULGARIA: THE CHALLENGE OF CATCHING UP ; APPENDIX 8A. BULGARIAN COMPANY CASE STUDIES ; 9. ROMANIA: HIGH AMBITIONS, HARSH REALITIES AND PRAGMATISM ; APPENDIX 9A. ROMANIAN COMPANY CASE STUDIES ; 10. THE NEW ARMS INDUSTRY IN EAST CENTRAL EUROPE ; 11. THE IMPACT OF EU AND NATO MEMBERSHIP ; 12. CONCLUSIONS

Yudit Kiss (Hungary) is an economist. She received her PhD from Karl Marx University of Economics, Budapest, in 1989. Since 1992 she has worked as an independent researcher, based in Geneva. From 1993 to 1995 she studied conversion and defence industry restructuring under a MacArthur Foundation grant. Her publications include The Defence Industry in East-Central Europe: Restructuring and Conversion (OUP 1997), Regional and Employment Consequences of the Defence Industry Transformation in East Central Europe (International Labour Office, 1999), Small Arms and Light Weapons Production in Eastern, Central and Southeast Europe (Small Arms Survey, 2004) and East-Central European arms industries: between consolidation and crisis, Contemporary Security Policy (August 2011).

• 1. INTRODUCTION ; 2. THE POST-COLD WAR EVOLUTION OF THE ARMS INDUSTRY ; 3. POLAND: A QUALIFIED SUCCESS STORY ; APPENDIX 3A. POLISH COMPANY CASE STUDIES ; 4. HUNGARY: THE TWISTS AND TURNS OF TRANSFORMATION ; APPENDIX 4A. HUNGARIAN COMPANY CASE STUDIES ; 5. A COMPARISON OF POLAND AND HUNGARY ; APPENDIX 5A. COMPARING A POLISH AND A HUNGARIAN COMPANY ; 6. THE CZECH REPUBLIC: BRIGHT PROMISES AND SOBER REALITY ; APPENDIX 6A. CZECH COMPANY CASE STUDIES ; 7. SLOVAKIA: FROM A NATIONALIST BACKWATER TO A SLAVIC TIGER ; APPENDIX 7A. SLOVAK COMPANY CASE STUDIES ; 8. BULGARIA: THE CHALLENGE OF CATCHING UP ; APPENDIX 8A. BULGARIAN COMPANY CASE STUDIES ; 9. ROMANIA: HIGH AMBITIONS, HARSH REALITIES AND PRAGMATISM ; APPENDIX 9A. ROMANIAN COMPANY CASE STUDIES ; 10. THE NEW ARMS INDUSTRY IN EAST CENTRAL EUROPE ; 11. THE IMPACT OF EU AND NATO MEMBERSHIP ; 12. CONCLUSIONS

Yudit Kiss (Hungary) is an economist. She received her PhD from Karl Marx University of Economics, Budapest, in 1989. Since 1992 she has worked as an independent researcher, based in Geneva. From 1993 to 1995 she studied conversion and defence industry restructuring under a MacArthur Foundation grant. Her publications include The Defence Industry in East-Central Europe: Restructuring and Conversion (OUP 1997), Regional and Employment Consequences of the Defence Industry Transformation in East Central Europe (International Labour Office, 1999), Small Arms and Light Weapons Production in Eastern, Central and Southeast Europe (Small Arms Survey, 2004) and East-Central European arms industries: between consolidation and crisis, Contemporary Security Policy (August 2011).

• 1. INTRODUCTION ; 2. THE POST-COLD WAR EVOLUTION OF THE ARMS INDUSTRY ; 3. POLAND: A QUALIFIED SUCCESS STORY ; APPENDIX 3A. POLISH COMPANY CASE STUDIES ; 4. HUNGARY: THE TWISTS AND TURNS OF TRANSFORMATION ; APPENDIX 4A. HUNGARIAN COMPANY CASE STUDIES ; 5. A COMPARISON OF POLAND AND HUNGARY ; APPENDIX 5A. COMPARING A POLISH AND A HUNGARIAN COMPANY ; 6. THE CZECH REPUBLIC: BRIGHT PROMISES AND SOBER REALITY ; APPENDIX 6A. CZECH COMPANY CASE STUDIES ; 7. SLOVAKIA: FROM A NATIONALIST BACKWATER TO A SLAVIC TIGER ; APPENDIX 7A. SLOVAK COMPANY CASE STUDIES ; 8. BULGARIA: THE CHALLENGE OF CATCHING UP ; APPENDIX 8A. BULGARIAN COMPANY CASE STUDIES ; 9. ROMANIA: HIGH AMBITIONS, HARSH REALITIES AND PRAGMATISM ; APPENDIX 9A. ROMANIAN COMPANY CASE STUDIES ; 10. THE NEW ARMS INDUSTRY IN EAST CENTRAL EUROPE ; 11. THE IMPACT OF EU AND NATO MEMBERSHIP ; 12. CONCLUSIONS