Landmine Arms Control.
Abstract
Perhaps 80 to 110 million unexploded mines are now scattered over 64 countries worldwide. These mines kill or maim as many as 2,000 people a month most of them civilians, many of them children. The purpose of the paper is to evaluate the pros and cons of addressing this problem via negotiated arms control agreements to ban the production, stockpiling, export and/or use of mines. Our principal findings are that neither the costs nor the benefits are likely to be as great as many have argued. Because costs and benefits are incommensurate, landmine arms control could not be an open and shut case either for or against on its analytical merits, but the value judgment required to reach a conclusion is likely to be a closer call than many in the current debate would suggest.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1996
- Accession Number
- ADA315050
Entities
People
- Ivan Oelrich
- Johnathan Wallis
- Julia L. Klare
- Stephen D. Biddle
Organizations
- Institute for Defense Analyses