Peace Report 2008
herausgegeben von Bruno Schoch,
Andreas Heinemann-Grüder, Jochen Hippler, Markus Weingardt,
Reinhard Mutz
LIT Verlag, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-8258-0429-9, €
12,90.
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The Peace Report 2008 concerns itself with the recent global arms build up and considers peaceful alternatives. While the USA remains the undisputed sole military superpower, China, Russia and India are opposed to unilateralism. The strategy of demonstrating power via the possession of military means of threatening or coercion is also being copied by developing countries. The nuclear powers are modernising and optimising their arsenals, while the militarisation of space continues. US plans to station components of a missile defence system in Poland and the Czech Republic are straining Russian-US relations as well as relations between EU countries. The Peace Report examines how these huge increases in military spending have come about and how they are being legitimised. Do they mirror global shifts in economic and political power? Has the military-industrial complex returned as the force behind this new arms build up? With the system of arms control and security co-operation that has been built up over decades at the point of collapse, which international arms control regimes remain relevant, and what new ones are needed? Does the EU offers any alternatives for the peaceful resolution of conflicts, nuclear non-proliferation and arms control? These questions of arms control are at the heart of the Peace Report 2008, which also examines security issues related to climate change: States are threatened with destabilization or even collapse; risks to the global economy are likely, as are rising tensions between industrial countries, newly industrialized countries and the developing world. Finally, it analyses unstable, authoritarian regimes such as those of Pakistan, Egypt, Zimbabwe and Columbia, where ongoing internal conflicts endanger regional security. How can the transformation of these countries be encouraged?
The peace report 2008 is published by Jochen Hippler, Christiane Fröhlich, Margret Johannsen, Bruno Schoch and Andreas Heinemann-Grüder on behalf of the five contributing institutes.
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