Working Paper on Countries without Armies
MILITARISM, 2 Nov 2015
Christophe Barbey - The Åland Islands Peace Institute
There are at least 26 countries around the world that have chosen to exist without an army. Christophe Barbey from the APRED Participative Institute for the Progress of Peace, offers a thorough mapping of these countries in the new working paper “Non-militarisation: Countries without Armies.
Identification Criteria and First Findings.” Starting from the legal and factual criteria for a nonmilitarised country status, the paper offers a first insight into motives and reasoning for being army-less. Many of the states are very small, often island-states, yet seemingly well off and safe, the author concludes, while opening up this field for more research.
Ålands fredsinstitut – DOWNLOAD THE PAPER IN PDF: NON-MILITARISATION:
COUNTRIES WITHOUT ARMIES
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