Disarmament and Development: An Analysis Using GLOBUS

Abstract

The East-West and North-South divisions of the globe have structured a large percentage of global political and economic conflict throughout the post-World War II period and appear likely to do so for the foreseeable future. Many propositions for disarmament and development, often proposed as approaches to bridging the two gaps, fall generally into an Idealist/Internationalist model of international political economy. In a project using the GLOBUS world computer simulation, we have examined six propositions from that model. At the aggregate level, some results support and some generally contradict the Idealist/Internationalist propositions. More detailed examination often reveals complex patterns hidden by the aggregate results. This article summarizes project results and sketches a revised international political economy model.

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