Demilitarization in the Developing World

sense of security in these countries, and has often contributed to their economic collapse. The basic ingredient in the process of militarization, which involves an increasing role for the military in both national and international affairs of states, is the growth in military spending and in military hardware. When measured by these indicators, the state of militarization in the developing world, which is a most heterogenous group of countries, varies from region to region. Thus, in the past two years, military spending in real terms went down in the Middle East, Africa and South America, while in South Asia, the Far East and Central America it continued to rise, though at a slower rate than in the preceding years. Since 1983, the military expenditures of the developing world, combined, have been falling, with the exception of countries involved in armed conflicts. No reliable data are available for

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  Kamran Mofid•Third World Quarterly•1990

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