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Optimal versus required defence expenditure: The case of the Greek-Turkish arms race

A. S. Andreou, K. E. Parsopoulos, M. N. Vrahatis and George Zombanakis

Defence and Peace Economics, 2002, vol. 13, issue 4, 329-347

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to indicate the extent to which the arms race against Turkey, in which Greece and Cyprus have been entangled, imposes a defence expenditure burden that is tough for the two allies to bear. To do so we have resorted to evaluating the optimal military expenditure for the two countries, allied in the context of the Integrated Defence Doctrine, which is compatible with the constraints imposed by the resources of their economies. All experiments and scenarios examined lead to the conclusion that the current defence burden of the two allies seems to be driving their economies beyond capacity limits. The fact remains, however, that under the circumstances, a one-sided disarmament policy like the one currently followed by Greece, is a risky choice given that the long-term armament programmes pursued by Turkey, whose role in this arms race has been proven as leading, leave very small room to the Greek and Cypriot sides to reduce their own defence expenditure.

Keywords: Optimal Control; Defence Expenditure; Arms Race; Relative Military Security (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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