Theseminar will discuss the reasons for increasing military expenditure and arms importsin Latin America, with a special focus in the South American region. The issuehas become relevant in recent years because after a long period of generallylow spending, military expenditure has been increasing rapidly in SouthAmerica, favoured by increasing revenues from export commodities such ascopper, oil and soy. For the period 1999-2008, military expenditure increased50 percent in real terms. Similarly, the increase in military spending in thisregion has funded a raft of major acquisitions in recent years. According toSIPRI, arms transfers to South America were 94 per cent higher in 2004-2008 thanin 1999-2003. Increasing military spending and the wave of recent armsacquisitions have raised concerns that an arms race may be taking place inSouth America.

Föreläsare:    CarinaSolmirano (Argentina), forskare på SIPRI, knuten till programmet Military Expenditure and Arms Production.Solmiranos forskningsintressen inkluderar fred och säkerhet i Latinamerika,avrustning och vapenkontroll, samt reformer inom säkerhetssektorn. Hon erhöllsin masterexamen i Inter-nationell Säkerhet 2006 och är för närvarandedoktorand i Internationella Studier vid Universitet i Denver, Colorado. Hon hararbetat i den argentinska senaten, organisationen Asociación para Políticas Públicas, samt på Denvers universitetinom ramen för projektet Inter-AmericanCommittee against Terrorism at the Organization of American States.

Språk:           Engelska

Tid:                Onsdag 24 mars, 18.00-19.30

Plats:              Latinamerika-institutets bibliotek, Stockholmsuniversitet, hus B, plan 5

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