Citation

Tertrais B. Wash. Q. 2001; 24(4): 123.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, Georgetown University, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Publisher Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1162/016366001317149237

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Arms racing is a powerful political concept, but a sloppy analytical tool. The metaphor may act as an intellectual lens that unduly simplifies the complex dynamic of the twenty-first century security environment. The phrase should be discarded.