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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. Global strategies
  3. Competing on arms

Competing on arms

  • Having arms race
  • Engaging in strategic arms rivalry

Broader

Using strategy of deterrence
Presentable
Competing
Presentable
Engaging in rivalry
Yet to rate
Balancing conventional armed forces
Yet to rate

Narrower

Proliferating strategic nuclear arms
Excellent

Constrained by

Negotiating convention for the elimination of nuclear weapons
Excellent
Reducing strategic arms rivalry
Yet to rate

Facilitated by

Advocating militarization
Yet to rate

Problem

Proliferation of strategic nuclear weapons
Excellent
Competitive acquisition of arms
Excellent
Space weapons arms race
Presentable
Risk of unintentional war generated by the arms race
Presentable
Nuclear arms race
Presentable
Anti-satellite arms race
Presentable
Lack of business opposition to the arms race
Yet to rate

Value

Unstrategic
Yet to rate
Rivalry
Yet to rate

Metadata

Database
Global strategies
Type
(D) Detailed strategies
Subject
Content quality
Yet to rate
 Yet to rate
Language
English
Last update
Dec 3, 2024