Azerbaijan

The Azeri arms market, measured in terms of defense spending, has proliferated in recent years. A lack of transparency in the government and military procurement process continues to obscure how the growing defense budget is being spent, and thus clouds the true value and requirements of the Azeri market. As noted in the "Data" report, the true value of procurement spending is often unclear, and the value of major tenders is not made public. The secrecy surrounding the Azeri...