What are the effects around the world of the large militaries of the industrialized countries?
There has been much talk and rhetoric about the military during the Republican Convention, in the United States. But how much military spending is really for defense and how much is it to further acquitision of wealth and resources? The expanding globalization we see today is accompanied by a strong military, so that the national interests of the industrialized countries are preserved. Free Trade then, may be free for some, but not necessarily for all. Most wars throughout history have had trade and resources at their core. There are a number of sections on this web site that look into these various aspects of military activities: • Military Expansion • Arms Trade • Arms Control • The Need for NATO • Foreign Policy • War, Propaganda and the Media • Free Trade and Globalization – Related Section(s): Trade Related Issues / Geopolitics • A newly discovered sulphur-based gas is thought to be the most potent greenhouse gas measured to date. It is called trifluoromethyl sulphur pentafluoride
