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Kinsella Revisited: Concentration and Diversification in the Post-Cold War Arms Trade Network, 2005–2025

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Kinsella Revisited: Concentration and Diversification in the Post-Cold War Arms Trade Network, 2005–2025

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This study extends David Kinsella’s (2003) social network analysis of the international arms trade into the present, asking how far the marketization he anticipated has in fact proceeded. Using the SIPRI Arms Transfers Database for the 2004–2025 period and five annual cross-sections (2005, 2010, 2015, 2020, and 2025), a directed, weighted supplier–recipient network is constructed for each year. Network density, out-degree centrality, group centralization, and the Herfindahl–Hirschman Index (HHI) are used to assess whether the supplier structure has become more dispersed or more concentrated. Contrary to Kinsella’s expectation of progressive marketization, centralization rises from 0.36 in 2005 to 0.54 in 2025 and the HHI rises in parallel, indicating deepening supplier concentration. Beneath this aggregate trend lies a dual dynamic: consolidation at the top of the hierarchy—most visibly the decline of Russia—alongside the entry of new lower-tier suppliers such as Turkiye and South Korea. The findings suggest that concentration and diversification have proceeded simultaneously rather than as uniform marketization.

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Kaynakça

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Uluslararası Güvenlik

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yayımlanma Tarihi

3 Kasım 2026

Gönderilme Tarihi

22 Temmuz 2026

Kabul Tarihi

20 Ekim 2026

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2026 Sayı: 16

Kaynak Göster

APA
Doğan, N. R. (2026). Kinsella Revisited: Concentration and Diversification in the Post-Cold War Arms Trade Network, 2005–2025. Journal of International Relations and Political Science Studies, 16. https://doi.org/10.69494/jirps.2000991
AMA
1.Doğan NR. Kinsella Revisited: Concentration and Diversification in the Post-Cold War Arms Trade Network, 2005–2025. JIRPSS. 2026;(16). doi:10.69494/jirps.2000991
Chicago
Doğan, Nagehan Reyhan. 2026. “Kinsella Revisited: Concentration and Diversification in the Post-Cold War Arms Trade Network, 2005–2025”. Journal of International Relations and Political Science Studies, sy 16. https://doi.org/10.69494/jirps.2000991.
EndNote
Doğan NR (03 Kasım 2026) Kinsella Revisited: Concentration and Diversification in the Post-Cold War Arms Trade Network, 2005–2025. Journal of International Relations and Political Science Studies 16
IEEE
[1]N. R. Doğan, “Kinsella Revisited: Concentration and Diversification in the Post-Cold War Arms Trade Network, 2005–2025”, JIRPSS, sy 16, Kas. 2026, doi: 10.69494/jirps.2000991.
ISNAD
Doğan, Nagehan Reyhan. “Kinsella Revisited: Concentration and Diversification in the Post-Cold War Arms Trade Network, 2005–2025”. Journal of International Relations and Political Science Studies. 16 (03 Kasım 2026). https://doi.org/10.69494/jirps.2000991.
JAMA
1.Doğan NR. Kinsella Revisited: Concentration and Diversification in the Post-Cold War Arms Trade Network, 2005–2025. JIRPSS. 2026. doi:10.69494/jirps.2000991.
MLA
Doğan, Nagehan Reyhan. “Kinsella Revisited: Concentration and Diversification in the Post-Cold War Arms Trade Network, 2005–2025”. Journal of International Relations and Political Science Studies, sy 16, Kasım 2026, doi:10.69494/jirps.2000991.
Vancouver
1.Nagehan Reyhan Doğan. Kinsella Revisited: Concentration and Diversification in the Post-Cold War Arms Trade Network, 2005–2025. JIRPSS. 03 Kasım 2026;(16). doi:10.69494/jirps.2000991