This article asks whether there is a moral right to national self-determination. The partiality argument as a basis for discussing the moral right to self-determination confuses nation and nationalism and is found wanting. Social science conclusions on the construction of nations have to be...

Detailed examination of armed forces and military industry must rely for its empirical basis on various publically available reference books, of which the most prestigious and author itative are The Military Balance and the series of Jane's annuals. Although there are large areas of consensus...