From the article: For long, the US has played a rather ambivalent role in relation to Israeli arms exports. It has acted both as an advocate and obstacle. On one hand, in pursuit of its wider foreign policy and strategic objectives, the US was supportive of Israel’s arms exports to countries such as China. Cold War calculations and the resultant pre-occupation with its Soviet-containment policy resulted in the US strengthening Sino-Israeli military ties. However, with the demise of the USSR and end of the Cold War, the US emerged as a major spoiler in Israel-China military ties. Such US influence seems to have some relevance even today.
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