TY - BOOK AU - MARKOWSKI Stefan AU - Hall Peter TI - Mandated defence offsets: can they ever deliver? PY - 2014/// KW - OFFSETS KW - DEFENCE PROCUREMENT N2 - Why should international defence acquistions be treated differently to most other non-defence imports? Offset requirements are set by the importing country and often are politically motivated, however in practice they may prove more beneficial to the exporting country. The article concludes that there may be a role for offsets but there is no good reason for them to be mandatory UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14751798.2014.894294 ER -