THE PRINCIPLES OF ARMS CONVERSION IN THE CASE OF RUSSIA

Disarmament is often judged to be very favourable for economic develop ment, but it brings with it a destruction of the old economic as well as social equilibrium. For an economy that is in transition as well as in recession, disarmament constitutes a political decision of conside rable importance for the international community. Because economic dev elopment is certainly a condition for peace, it is important for the w orld community to realise that it is necessary to actually ''purchase' ' disarmament, independent of economic conditions based on competition .