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Routledge Studies in Defence and Peace Economics


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The Economics of International Security Great Power Politics from Afghanistan to Ukraine

The Economics of International Security: Great Power Politics from Afghanistan to Ukraine

1st Edition

Forthcoming

By Marek Loužek
April 22, 2024

International relations since the end of the Cold War have been relatively uneasy, yet we should not discount the fact that the intensity of conflicts has decreased compared to the situation in both the first and second halves of the 20th century. This book explores international security relations...

Military Spending and Global Security Humanitarian and Environmental Perspectives

Military Spending and Global Security: Humanitarian and Environmental Perspectives

1st Edition

Edited By Jordi Calvo Rufanges
May 30, 2022

Global military expenditure reached an estimated $1,822 billion in 2018 and this book questions what that spending responds to and indeed what that entails in terms of global security. The book draws from prior knowledge and research on military expenditure but introduces an all-encompassing, ...

The Economics of the Global Defence Industry

The Economics of the Global Defence Industry

1st Edition

Edited By Keith Hartley, Jean Belin
November 18, 2019

This book makes an original contribution to our knowledge of the world’s major defence industries. Experts from a wide range of different countries – from the major economies of North America and Western Europe to developing economies and some unique cases such as China, India, Singapore, South ...

Military Cost–Benefit Analysis Theory and practice

Military Cost–Benefit Analysis: Theory and practice

1st Edition

Edited By Francois Melese, Anke Richter, Binyam Solomon
January 22, 2018

This is the first comprehensive book on Military Cost-Benefit Analysis and provides novel approaches to structuring cost-benefit and affordability analysis amidst an uncertain defense environment and cloudy fiscal prospects. Lifting the veil on military Cost-Benefit Analysis, this volume offers ...

Analytical Peace Economics The illusion of war for peace

Analytical Peace Economics: The illusion of war for peace

1st Edition

By Partha Gangopadhyay, Nasser Elkanj
October 04, 2016

The Middle East is at an unprecedented crossroads between the established Euro-centric system and the emerging Asian powerhouses like India and China. Their economies, policies and social structures are a half-way-house between these two dominant groups and are an important case study to examine in...

The Economics of Regional Security NATO, the Mediterranean and Southern Africa

The Economics of Regional Security: NATO, the Mediterranean and Southern Africa

1st Edition

By Jurgen Brauer, Keith Hartley
October 29, 2015

This important book explores the threats and challenges to regional security, for Nato, in the Mediterranean, and in the sub-Saharan countries, namely southern Africa. Written and edited by leading researchers, the volume's significance lies in its demonstration of how concepts from economics and ...

European Armaments Collaboration

European Armaments Collaboration

1st Edition

By Ron Matthews
August 12, 2014

First published in 1992. The changing strategic environment of the 1990s has been characterised by events such as the Middle-East conflagration and super-power disarmament which represent the two opposing ends of the present security spectrum. The framing of appropriate defence policies now depends...

Exploding the Myth? The Peace Dividend, Regions and Market Adjustment

Exploding the Myth?: The Peace Dividend, Regions and Market Adjustment

1st Edition

By Derek Braddon
August 12, 2014

From a cold war peak of some $1000 billion per annum, world military expenditure has declined by about 40% since 1990, reaching its lowest level for thirty years. With such significant decline in global public expenditure committments to the defence sector, a substantial and lasting peace dividend ...

The Economics of Offsets Defence Procurement and Coutertrade

The Economics of Offsets: Defence Procurement and Coutertrade

1st Edition

By Stephen Martin
August 12, 2014

Despite their growth, outlined and analysed in this book, the claims and counter-claims that surround offsets have not been subjected to critical scrutiny by economists. This book fills that gap. It brings together a team of internationally renowned specialists to document and evaluate the economic...

Defence Procurement and Industry Policy A small country perspective

Defence Procurement and Industry Policy: A small country perspective

1st Edition

Edited By Stefan Markowski, Peter Hall, Robert Wylie
June 19, 2014

Arms purchases are among the most expensive, technologically challenging and politically controversial decisions made by modern-day governments. Superpower spending on weapons systems is widely analysed and discussed. But defence procurement in smaller industrial countries involves different issues...

The Arms Trade, Security and Conflict

The Arms Trade, Security and Conflict

1st Edition

Edited By Paul Levine, Ron Smith
June 19, 2014

The Arms Industry is an area that is of huge concern to many people around the world. The economics of this hugely important industry are a vital strand that needs to be understood. This volume brings together contributors from all over the globe, such as Todd Sandler and Keith Hartley, and focuses...

The Economics of UN Peacekeeping

The Economics of UN Peacekeeping

1st Edition

By Nadège Sheehan
May 30, 2014

Peacekeeping is a security concept that is very representative of the current interventionism, multilateralism, human rights, and humanitarian ideas. UN peacekeeping plays an important role in international security and includes various activities that go beyond the original roles assigned to UN ...

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