International Peace Update articles

Recent articles from International Peace Update

Paying the price: looking back, learning, looking forward.(Editorial)
September 1, 2008... The 2008 Yearbook from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) states that: * Global military expenditures in 2007 was a colossal US$1,339 billion--a real-terms increase of 6 per cent over 2006 and of 45 per cent since 1998; * The USA's military spending...

Military expenditure today.
September 1, 2008... World military expenditure in 2006 amounted to $1,204 billion at current prices. This sum corresponds to 2.5 percent of world gross domestic product (GDP) and $184 per capita in current prices. However, there is a wide variation between countries and regions as regards GDP shares and per...

The political economy of militarism.
September 1, 2008... As global military expenditures increase every year, the culture, products, and consequences of militarism have also been increasing and becoming more embedded in social, political, and economic structures. More weapons--and newer, more lethal weapons--are produced. Many countries have...

1000 000 000: imagining the billions wasted on military spending.
September 1, 2008... It is almost impossible to image the millions and billions of dollars being spent on weapons and war today. But imagining is essential to motivate action. If you count, one-two-three- four... two hundred... twenty two thousand and one... ail the way to one million, it would take 11.5...

WILPF working against racism.(UN pages)
September 1, 2008... Three decades of action by the United Nations to end racism and racial discrimination contributed to ending apartheid in South Africa in the 1990s; but racism and racial discrimination worldwide continues and is on the increase in scope and intensity. The World Conference against Racism,...