CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING THE CONVENTIONAL AND NUCLEAR ARMS RACE
CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING THE CONVENTIONAL AND NUCLEAR ARMS RACE

Summary/Abstract: THE MILITARY ARSENALS OF STATES GIVE THEM CHANCES OR NOT TO WIN IN A POSSIBLE ARMED CONFLICT WITH A RIVAL STATE, THIS BEING UNDERSTOOD AS A DYNAMIC AND COMPLEXPHENOMENON LINKED TO THE WIDE RANGE OF FACTORS INCLUDING: ECONOMIC STRENGTH,INTERNAL POLICIES, ALLIANCES, STRATEGIC BALANCE, ETC.A SIMPLE COMPARISON OF THE SPECIFIC REGIONAL ARMING RACES BETWEEN THE MIDDLE EAST,EAST ASIA, SOUTH AMERICA AND AFRICA DECIPHER SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES. IN THE NONEURO-ATLANTICSPACES,MANYCOUNTRIESAREDEVELOPINGTHEIRDEFENSEINDUSTRIESINORDERTOACHIEVEACONSISTENTLEVELWITHTHEEURO-ATLANTICSTATES.INTHE PAST 25 YEARS, THE EURO-ATLANTIC AND THE PACIFIC REGIONS HAVE EVOLVED IN ACONTRADICTORY MANOR, IN A SPACE PROCEEDING WITH MASSIVE DISCOUNTS WHILE IN OTHERSPACES GOING ON TO ACCELERATED BUILDUP OF ARMAMENTS, EXPLAINED ALSO BY THE LACK OFSECURITY NEGOTIATIONS.STUDIES DEDICATED TO THE ARMING RACE CAN BE SORTED BY THEIR PRIMARY FACTOR, AS FOLLOWS(1) ALL STATES ARE COMPETING WITH EACH OTHER ALL THE TIME, (2) THE INFLUENCE OF THE ARMINGCOMPETITION ON ESCALATION OF AN ARMED CONFLICT.THE CONCEPTUALIZATION AND MEASUREMENT REGARDING THE RACE OF ARMING, WHICH ISDEPENDENT ON THE SYSTEMATIZATION OF DATA, SUFFERED FROM THE LACK OF A MODEL, THE LACKOF DEVELOPMENT OF THEORETICAL MATERIAL EMPIRICAL. AFTER THE COLD WAR, IN RESEARCHFIELD OF THE ARMING RACE EMERGED ONLY LITTLE PROGRESS.A TERRESTRIAL ARMS RACE BETWEEN US AND CHINA IS UNLIKELY IN THE SHORT TERM BUT AN ARMSRACE IN SPACE IS DIFFICULT TO AVOID.A PROPOSAL FOR AN AGREEMENT ON “ALL INTENTIONAL COLLISIONS OF OBJECTS ABOVE THEATMOSPHERE” AND A MORATORIUM ON TESTING BAN EXTRA ATMOSPHERIC INSTRUMENTS CANDISCOURAGE ARMS RACE IN SPACE.

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