Disarmament, Peace and Development
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Excessive
military spending reduces the available financial reserves for health,
education, and other human needs. For poor countries, it increases poverty,
unemployment, and destitution. It also strengthens dictatorial tendencies
in politics and acts against democratic values. If we want to achieve peace,
eliminate poverty, decrease inequality, and achieve social justice, we should
devote all our energies to reducing military spending and using the released
resources for economic development. For that, we need a concerted effort to
encourage disarmament.
This new volume provides reflections and insights from leading public figures and activists who oppose military expenditure in any form. Many of the contributions to this volume were presented as speeches at the 'Disarm! For a Climate of Peace' meeting held in Berlin in 2016, organized by the International Peace Bureau. The volume also includes additional research-oriented chapters to complement the transcripts from the International Peace Bureau meeting.
This new volume provides reflections and insights from leading public figures and activists who oppose military expenditure in any form. Many of the contributions to this volume were presented as speeches at the 'Disarm! For a Climate of Peace' meeting held in Berlin in 2016, organized by the International Peace Bureau. The volume also includes additional research-oriented chapters to complement the transcripts from the International Peace Bureau meeting.
Reiner Braun is Co-president of the International Peace Bureau, Switzerland, Executive Director of the International Association of Lawyers against Nuclear Arms (IALANA), and a founding member of the International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility (INES).Colin Archer is a former
Secretary-General of the International Peace Bureau, Switzerland. For 10 years he was the Coordinator of a solidarity center in the developing world, and he has been involved in a wide range of peace
and disarmament projects.
Ingeborg Breines is a former director of UNESCO on Women and a Culture of Peace, and a UNESCO
representative to Pakistan and to the UN in Geneva, Switzerland.
Manas Chatterji is a Professor of Management at Binghamton University at State University of New
York, USA. He is the
author of 35 books and several articles in the areas of peace science, military spending, disarmament, conflict management, and environmental and urban management.
Amela Skiljan is the Coordinator of the International Peace Bureau (IPB) in Berlin, Germany.