The main economic and political aims of an International Disarmament Fund for Development

Jacques Fontanel ()
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Jacques Fontanel: CESICE - Centre d'études sur la sécurité internationale et les coopérations européennes - UPMF - Université Pierre Mendès France - Grenoble 2 - IEPG - Sciences Po Grenoble - Institut d'études politiques de Grenoble

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Abstract: The search for a balance of forces is a stimulus for the arms races and it is a factor of insecurity that endangers "détente". Arms race is a game with a zero outcome for security, but it is also seen as a means of undermining the economies of rival powers. They are the resultant of conflicts of interest. There is a common interest to delete deadly competition by a philosophy of co-operation. Disarmament can serve the cause of development and development can be also a factor of disarmament. However, States's security needs a minimum defence potential. The creation of IDFD is interesting because the reduction of military expenditure must be used for the development of developing countries. UNO must organize this Fund, following some rules of equity.

Keywords: Arms race; disarmament; FIDD; international aid; international security; Course aux armements; désarmement; aide internationale; sécurité internationale (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1984-11
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Published in Establishment of an International Disarmament Fund for Development,, UNIDIR (United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research), 1984

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