In the last decade, European defence has undergone impressive changes. Military alliances between EU member countries … have strengthened, and a European defence industrial base is building up. But in a paradoxical way, European countries look … less capable of coping with important military crises, and their defence budgets are plunging. This paper proposes an …

As far as defence in Belgium is concerned, the post-war era can be subdivided in two: the Cold War period, and the … the defence expenditures and a description of Belgium's defence industrial base (DIB) is presented. …

causality between the growth of GNP and defence expenditure in Turkey for the years 1955-2000. The main conclusion is that there … is a long-run equilibrium relationship between GNP and defence expenditures. Furthermore, the short run causality test … indicates that there is a unidirectional causality between variables, from defence expenditure to economic growth. In order to …

optimistic set of assumptions would require the defence budget to almost double to $23.9 billion by the year 2020, while a worst … case scenario could require a defence budget as high as $30 billion by 2020. …

What is the case for defence and is it a worthwhile investment? This question is addressed for two contrasting nations …

The causal relationship between defence expenditures and external debt is investigated by applying a multivariate model …. Our estimation results indicate that defence expenditures and external debt for Turkey are cointegrated. To test for … results for Turkey over the period 1955-2000 suggest a long run and short run unidirectional causality running from defence …

public goods. By applying the model to the United States-Japan alliance, we find that within the framework of the alliance …

expenditures of India and Pakistan on each other. It is assumed that asymmetry is due to the existence of two distinct regimes …