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Research Articles Issue 2 · 2016 · pp. 38–49 · Issue page

CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING THE CONVENTIONAL AND NUCLEAR ARMS RACE

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Andreea Duta1
1 Bucharest University
Accepted 28 March 2026
Available Online 15 November 2016
Abstract
THE MILITARY ARSENALS OF STATES GIVE THEM CHANCES OR NOT TO WIN IN A POSSIBLE ARMED CONFLICT WITH A RIVAL STATE, THIS BEING UNDERSTOOD AS A DYNAMIC AND COMPLEX PHENOMENON LINKED TO THE WIDE RANGE OF FACTORS INCLUDING: ECONOMIC STRENGTH, INTERNAL POLICIES, ALLIANCES, STRATEGIC BALANCE, ETC. A SIMPLE COMPARISON OF THE SPECIFIC REGIONAL ARMING RACES BETWEEN THE MIDDLE EAST, EAST ASIA, SOUTH AMERICA AND AFRICA DECIPHER SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES. IN THE NON - EURO-ATLANTIC SPACES, MANY COUNTRIES ARE DEVELOPING THEIR DEFENSE INDUSTRIES IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE A CONSISTENT LEVEL WITH THE EURO-ATLANTIC STATES. IN THE PAST 25 YEARS, THE EURO -ATLANTIC AND THE PACIFIC REGIONS HAV E EVOLVED IN A CONTRADICTORY MANOR, IN A SPACE PROCEEDING WITH MASSIVE DISCOUNTS WHILE IN OTHER SPACES GOING ON TO ACCELERATED BUILDUP OF ARMAMENTS, EXPLAINED ALSO BY THE LACK OF SECURITY NEGOTIATIONS. STUDIES DEDICATED TO THE ARMING RACE CAN BE SORTED BY THEIR PRIMARY FACTOR, AS FOLLOWS (1) ALL STATES ARE COMPETING WITH EACH OTHER ALL THE TIME, (2) THE INFLUENCE OF THE ARMING COMPETITION ON ESCALATION OF AN ARMED CONFLICT. THE CONCEPTUALIZATION AND MEASUREMENT REGARDING THE RACE OF ARMING, WHICH IS DEPENDENT ON THE SYSTEMATIZATION OF DATA, SUFFERED FROM THE LACK OF A MODEL, THE LACK OF DEVELOPMENT OF THEORETICAL MATERIAL EMPIRICAL . AFTER THE COLD WAR, IN RESEARCH FIELD OF THE ARMING RACE EMERGED ONLY LITTLE PROGRESS.
Keywords
THE ARMS RACE THE MILITARY ARSENALS THE MILITARY EXPENSES NUCLEAR
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