1st Edition
Military Spending and Global Security Humanitarian and Environmental Perspectives
Introduction
Jordi Calvo Rufanges
Defence economics and the military-industrial complex
The military-economic cycle, definition and volume
National security and militarization
1 Trends in global military expenditure: drivers of increases and causes of concerns
Aude-E. Fleurant and Yannick Quéau
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Structure, drivers and key actors
1.3 Global military expenditure
1.4 Regional and sub-regional dynamics
1.5 Conclusion
2 Military expenditure, arms transfer and armed conflicts
Chloé Meulewaeter
2.1 Introduction
2.2 General trends
2.3 The relationship between military expenditure, arms transfer and armed conflicts
2.4 Conclusion
3 Military spending, foreign military operations and counter-terrorism
Alejandro Pozo Marín
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Military spending increases, but the costs of foreign military operations skyrocket
3.3 Foreign military operations in scenarios of counter-terrorism
3.4 Lack of budget transparency for foreign military operations
3.5 Militarist tendency to address political crises
3.6 Conclusion
4 Empire, US military spending and campaigning for a moral budget
Joseph Gerson
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Increasing military spending
4.3 How the system works
4.4 Campaigning to reduce US military spending
4.5 Conclusion
5 Militarisation of the European Union: fresh money for the military industry
Laëtitia Sédou, Mark Akkerman and Bram Vranken
5.1 introduction
5.2 Using the EU budget to answer perceived military needs
5.3 Adapting resources or technology such as transport infrastructure, skills or space for military use
5.4 From securitisation to militarisation of external borders and foreign policy
5.5 The European military-industrial complex shaping EU policies
5.6 Conclusion
6 Cost of nuclear weapons
Tarja Cronberg and Dave Webb
6.1 Introduction
6.2 The full costs of nuclear weapons
6.3 The nuclear arsenals and their costs
6.4 The ‘modernisation’ process
6.5 Humanitarian costs
6.6 Conclusion
7 Military spending and climate change
Chloé Meulewaeter and Pere Brunet
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Climate change: a scientific view
7.3 The Global Triangle of Power
7.4 Climate change: a consequence of the Global Triangle of Power
7.5 On the link between military spending and climate change
7.6 Conclusions
8 Peace movement work on military spending
Colin Archer
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Historical perspective
8.3 IPB and the global campaign on military spending
8.4 Other initiatives
8.5 The campaign goes global
8.6 Conclusion
9 Conclusion
Jordi Calvo Rufanges
Biography
Jordi Calvo Rufanges is vice-president of the International Peace Bureau, coordinator of the Global Campaign on Military Spending, professor of armed conflicts, defence economy and international relations and coordinator and researcher of the Centre Delàs of Peace Studies, Barcelona, Spain.
