The economics of disarmament is a new discipline. It involves analyses on the economic causes of the arms race, the … definitions of disarmament and the economic determinants and military expenditure. Simultaneously, disarmament is considered as an … obstacle to economic development, a peace dividend or an investment. The construction of economic models of disarmament …

The ‘long decade of disarmament’ between the mid-1980s and the late 1990s provides ample evidence of the effects of a …

disarmament, through four case studies. The first, pertaining armament, is South Africa, with a focus on Pieter Willem Botha … nuclear disarmament. The fourth and final case study uncovers Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s nuclear disarmament decision. Using … poliheuristic decision rule, disarmament decisions abide by rational calculations. …