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without jeopardizing security interests. Military expenditure does not appear to be an effective deterrent of rebellion, and …, if it is reduced in a coordinated manner across a region then external security interests would be unaffected. The …
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Can a country achieve its development goals or, at least, its economic growth goals when it faces forty years of war? Angola's case serves as a paradigmatic example to answer this question. From 1961 to 1974, Angolans opposed Portuguese colonial rule by violent, revolutionary struggle. But from...
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The article discusses some of the economic effects of war in northern Mozambique. It indicates how the historical and structural features of the economy of northern Mozambique restricted post-war reconstruction and post-war poverty alleviation. These features include the dominance of only a few...
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This article highlights the until quite recently neglected political-economic thinking in matters of defense in twentieth-century Britain. It argues that retrieving such analyses from the interwar years is an excellent although partial way to get at an alternative picture of interwar defense...
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Britain is not an independent nuclear power. Its nuclear warheads and delivery systems depend upon American supplied management and technology and have done so since the dawn of the nuclear age. For years these matters were classified and today both governments only supply partial information....
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This piece provides a Foreword to the new journal by the chair of Economics for Peace and Security. …
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This article investigates the case of Nanoquest, a small diversification project that was tied to BAE Systems’ earlier incarnation as British Aerospace (BAe). I show that British military firms can have success when diversifying into civilian markets, but the process can be sabotaged by...
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. The article attempts to answer two questions. First, how can the budget of the security sector be allocated so as to … result in effective and efficient security outcomes? Second, how can an appropriate level of military expenditure for a …
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Provides an introduction to the symposium on Palestine
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/94 peace agreements, the study analyzes the forces that caused the fragility of the Palestinian Authority. These are: (1 … future peace agreement in order for the Palestinian Authority to be an effective entity that can promote economic progress …
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