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At the time of writing, a sharp increase in military buildup can be observed. Traditionally, the military and arms expenditures are a policy field, which is characterized by secrecy and, not infrequently, by intransparency. The Global Militarization Index (GMI) tackles this problem as it presents the relative importance of the military apparatus of a state in relation to the overall society. It defines the degree of militarization by the behavior of a state in distributing its resources to the military sector in comparison to other sectors in society.