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Brauer, Jurgen; Dunne, J Paul - In: Economics of Peace and Security Journal 1 (2006) 1, pp. 4-5

This piece introduces the new journal. This issue 'Conflict or Development?' has a regional focus on Africa. Joseph Stiglitz discusses the role of information in conflict and draws a fascinating analogy between civil strife and a labor strike. Paul Collier and Neil Cooper take different...

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After the slaughter: reconstructing Mozambique and Rwanda

Dunne, J. Paul - In: Economics of Peace and Security Journal 1 (2006) 2, pp. 39-46

A comparative analysis is made of the experiences of Mozambique and Rwanda as they moved away from their respective conflicts. This provides useful information and a means of learning lessons that can inform future policy formation, particularly regarding the roles of the international community...

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On the relative cost of mediation and military intervention

Fischer, Dietrich - In: Economics of Peace and Security Journal 1 (2006) 2, pp. 13-16

Noting that the cost of war-prevention is much less than that of war and its aftermath, the article discusses options for a United Nations Institute for Mediation, a U.N. Security Insurance Agency, and an International Security Commission. It suggests that just as in the course of history,...

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The onset of peace.

Smith, Ron; Tasiran, Ali - In: Economics of Peace and Security Journal 7 (2012) 1, pp. 5-14

duration—how long war lasts before the onset of peace. We provide an exposition of the nature of the data and of the … transformations statistical issues involved in quantifying the dynamics of conflict, in particular the onset of peace. Various … duration models are used to analyze the length of wars that ended with victory and peace or cease fires or show low activity …

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War and military spending in developing countries and their consequences for development

Collier, Paul - In: Economics of Peace and Security Journal 1 (2006) 1, pp. 10-13

That military expenditure and conflict have adverse consequences for development is unsurprising but important. The policy challenge is to reduce them. I have suggested that substantial components of military expenditure could be reduced without jeopardizing security interests. Military...

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Angola: Conflict and development, 1962-2002

Ferreira, Manuel Ennes - In: Economics of Peace and Security Journal 1 (2006) 1, pp. 25-29

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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War and reconstruction in northern Mozambique

Bruck, Tilman - In: Economics of Peace and Security Journal 1 (2006) 1, pp. 30-39

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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The onset of peace

Smith, Ron; Tasiran, Ali - In: Economics of Peace and Security Journal 7 (2012) 1, pp. 5-14

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The British military-industrial complex in history: The importance of political economy

Edgerton, David - In: Economics of Peace and Security Journal 3 (2008) 1, pp. 6-10

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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A state in denial: Britain’s WMD dependency on the United States

Plesch, Dan - In: Economics of Peace and Security Journal 3 (2008) 1, pp. 40-48

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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