Defense Expenditures in the Middle East and South Asia: A Quantitative Analysis -- Introduction -- Patterns of Defense Expenditures and Socio-Economic Development in the Middle East and South Asia: A Factor Analytic Approach -- Arms Races in the Middle East and South Asia: A Test of Causality -- Government Expenditures and Third World Economic Growth: The Impact of Defense Expenditures -- The Economic Consequences of Defense Expenditures in the Middle East and South Asia -- Defense Expenditures and Human Capital Development in the Middle East and South Asia -- The Budgetary Impact of Defense Expenditures in the Middle East and South Asia -- Case Studies -- Iran: Budgetary Priorities in a Revolutionary State -- Iraq: War, Military Expenditures, and Human Capital Development -- Saudi Arabia: Budgetary Priorities, Relative Austerity Measures, and Human Capital Formation -- Pakistan: Budgetary Conflicts, Military Expenditures, and Infrastructural Development -- Defense Expenditures in the Middle East and South Asia: Sustainability and Projections -- Thresholds and Forecasts for Defense Expenditures in the Middle East and South Asia.