POLI 360 Lecture 18: POLI360L18

• School: McGill University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLI 360
• Professor: T V Paul

Document Summary

Big deal in cw: may come back in security studies. Disarmament: process of reducing the size of/an expenditure on armed forces (generic term + destruction/dismantling of weapons + progressive elimination of weapons. +release integration into civilian life by mil. personnel) Control over/ elimination of future systems and their deployment. Not just current, what planning to do in the future. Create conditions for war when other factors come in (tension, crisis very poss. That uncontrolled arms races can lead to one side starting war to gain more advantage) Reduce problem of security dilemma (result of arms races: windows of opportunity: when arms are available, states may use them. Economic causes of arms races: if resources channeled to this purposes, can create jobs. If two sides agree on limitations --> mutual security. 40% of us and sov scientists working in arms industry. Soviet case: gave up cold war partly for economic reasons (if put effort in developing economic areas, may have succeeded)