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Jul 1996

Dutch Surplus Weapons

Peter D. Wezeman, Siemon T. Wezeman

Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

This publication reviews the process of reducing military equipment in the Dutch armed forces after the Cold War. The authors discuss the reasons for the disposal of surplus weapons, and examine diffe...

Jul 1996

Conversion in Africa: Past Experiences and Future Outlook

Mersie Ejigu and Tekalign Gedamu

Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

This paper provides a literature review and analysis on military-to-civilian conversion in Africa. Presenting a diagrammatic conceptual framework based on the principal causes of conflict (ideological...

Jun 1996

Learning to Restructure: Studies of Transformation in the Russian Defense Sector

Yevgeny Kusnetsov, Igor Musienko and Alexander Vorobyev

Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

This paper, the product of a 1994 BICC workshop in Moscow, examines the transformation of Russia's high-tech and defense industries within the broader context of transition. The introduction highlight...

Mar 1996

Cost of Disarmament: An Overview of the Economic Costs of the Dismantlement of Weapons and the Disposal of Military Surplus

Michael Renner

Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

This paper discusses the economic cost of international disarmament following the end of the Cold War. The author details the difficulty of disposing of chemical warfare agents, nuclear waste, and sur...

Feb 1996

Eurofighter 2000: Consequences and Alternatives

Michael Brzoska, Werner Voss

Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

The paper discusses the development history and future prospects of the Eurofighter project. The authors describe how the Eurofighter is the largest military industrial project in Western Europe and h...

Jun 1995

Demobilization in the Horn of Africa

Kees Kingma, Vanessa Sayers

Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

This paper provides a summary of the proceedings of the IRG workshop in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in December 1994, which examined the need for continued demobilization and disarmament in the Horn of Afr...

Jun 1995

Restructuring the US Military Bases in Germany

Keith B. Cunningham, Andreas Klemmer

Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

This report describes the scope, nature, and status of the US force withdrawal from Germany after the end of the Cold War. It also examines the post-closure economic and social impacts and redevelopme...

Jun 1995

Coping with Surplus Weapons: A Priority for Conversion Research and Policy

Maria Bowers, Jordi Molas-Gallert, Susanne Kopte, Edward J. Laurance, Otfried Nassauer, Peter Wilke, Herbert Wulf

Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

This brief discusses international weapons stockpiling since the end of the Cold War. The authors detail the security problems associated with excess weapons stockpiles and describe international disa...

Apr 1995

Abhängigkeit der Werften im Ostseeraum von der Rüstungsproduktion

Anke Habich, Werner Voß, Peter Wilke

Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

Dieser Bericht beschreibt den strukturellen Umbruch der ehemaligen Marinewerften im Ostseeraum nach Ende des Kalten Krieges. Der Autor analysiert die Notwendigkeit der zivilen Konversion oder markwirt...

Apr 1995

United Nations Publications Related to the Subject of Conversion: An Annotated Bibliography

Andreas Klemmer

Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

This annotated bibliography provides a comprehensive listing of publications on the conversion of military capacities for civilian use by various UN agencies. The author presents a definition of conve...

Mar 1995

Demilitarization and Conversion

Michael Brzoska, Kees Kingma, Herbert Wulf

Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

This paper, presented at the Copenhagen World Social Summit of 1995, examines demilitarization and the conversion of military structures in the early post-Cold War period. Noting that the anticipated ...

Jan 1995

Conversion and the Integration of Economic and Security Dimensions

Edward J. Laurence, Herbert Wulf, Joseph DiChiaro III

Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

This inaugural BICC Report addresses the economic and security dimensions of conversion. The authors discuss the need to expand the conceptual framework of conversion, so as to include not just indust...

Apr 2017

Brazilian Political Science Review Vol 11, No 1 (2017)

Marco Cepik, Gustavo Möller, Alexsandro Eugenio Pereira, Rodrigo Rossi Horochovski, Mariana Mattos de Almeida Cruz, Noeli Rodrigues, André Hedlund, Aline Regina Alves Martins, Bernardo Frossard Silva Rego, Ariane Cristine Roder Figueira, Marie-Hélène Sa Vilas Boas, Mariana Batista, Robert Myles McDonnell

Brazilian Political Science Review (BPSR)

This issue of BPSR features four articles, two research notes, and a review essay. They specifically focus on 1) the role of national intelligence systems as networks; 2) the accountability of the World Bank’s Inspection Panel (1993-2015); 3) the impact of Germany and Greece in…

27 Mar 2017

National Intelligence Systems as Networks: Power Distribution and Organizational Risk in Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa

Marco Cepik, Gustavo Möller

Brazilian Political Science Review (BPSR)

While comparing the intelligence systems of the above BRICS nations, Marco Cepik and Gustavo Möller answer three fundamental questions. 1) How are these five national intelligence systems organized? 2) How centralized and/or subordinate are they? And 3) what are...

Dec 2016

Brazilian Political Science Review Vol 10, No 3 (2016)

Fernando Meireles, Bruno Sciberras Carvalho, Ednaldo Aparecido Ribeiro, Julian Borba, Wagner Pralon Mancuso, Dalson Britto Figueiredo Filho, Bruno Wilhelm Speck, Lucas Emanuel Oliveira Silva, Enivaldo Carvalho da Rocha, Francisco Paulo Jamil Marques, Camila Mont'Alverne, Laerte Apolinário Junior, Fabio Pereira de Andrade, Fernanda Lima-Silva, Filipe Mendonça, Davi Demuner, Chanika Mitchell, Celina Souza, Flávio Pinheiro, Jairo Nicolau, Jeni Vaitsman

Brazilian Political Science Review (BPSR)

This issue of BPSR features seven articles and six book reviews. The articles focus on 1) oversized government coalitions in Latin America; 2) sociopolitical integration and multiculturalism; 3) the effects of psychological factors on political activism; 4) corporate dependence in…