Ergebnisse einer Konferenz der International Peace Research Association an der University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australien, vom 8.-12. Juli 1996. Aus dem Inhalt: I. Nuclear Deterrence - Past and Present: Wayne Reynolds: The Dilemma of a Small Power: Australia's Bid for Nuclear Weapons, 1945-1968 (19-34); Seiitsu Tachibana: A 'Sisyphus' in Modern Mythology: Nuclear Deterrence in the Post Cold War Era (35-48). II. Arms Industry, Arms Trade and Conversion: Contradictory Trends: Judit Balázs: Restructuring Military Industries in Eastern European Countries: The Case of Hungary (55-63); Katarzyna Zukrowska: Hectic Messages from the Arms Market and the Polish Experience (65-73); Hendrik Bullens: Arms Industry and Arms Trade in Crisis? Rhetoric and Reality in Post-Cold-War Germany (75-89); Ian Davis: European Integration and Defence Conversion: Related or Rival Concepts? (91-105); Jörn Brömmelhörster: The Overall Peace Dividend: Beyond Financial Issues (133-145); Hans Günter Brauch: Military Technology Assessment and Preventive Arms Control: Institutions, Procedures and Instruments (147-152). III. Towards a Comprehensive Paradigm of Security: Dietrich Fischer: Nonoffensive Defence as Component of a Comprehensive Strategy for Peace and Security (155-162); Lev Voronkov: Military Bases: Changing Geography and Functions (163-176); Kazuo Ota: Globalisation of the Highly Advanced Production System and the Increased Need for Global Disarmament (177-186); Ramon Lopez-Reyes: Pan-European Security System Model: A Proposal (219-230).