Missiles manufactured by Lockheed Martin are displayed during the Association of the United States Army's annual meeting and exposition in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 13, 2014. The United States' threats to sanction third countries for buying Russian arms could backfire.
Editor's Note : This assessment is part of a series of analyses supporting Stratfor's 2020 Annual Forecast. These assessments are designed to provide more context and in-depth analysis of key developments over the next quarter and throughout the year . In the competition to sell arms around the world, the United States and Russia are on a collision course. And in this battle, the former happens to have a trick up its sleeve: the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) , a law that gives Washington the ability to impose punitive measures on countries that purchase weaponry from Moscow and, in theory, tilt the playing field in its favor.
