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APA, Azerbaijan
Nov 8 2013
Azerbaijan ranks eighth among most militarized countries, while
Armenia ranks fourth
[ 08 November 2013 12:22 ]
Baku. Victoria Dementieva - APA. Azerbaijan ranks eighth in Global
Militarization Index (GMI) 2013 of Bonn International Center for
Conversion (BICC), APA reports.
BICC has been conducting such studies since 1990. They assess the
comparison of military expenditures with its gross domestic product
(GDP) and its health expenditure (as share of its GDP); the contrast
between the total number of (para)military forces and the number of
physicians and the overall population; the ratio of the number of
heavy weapons available and the number of the overall population.
The GMI is based on data from the Stockholm Peace Research Institute
(SIPRI), the
International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Health Organization
(WHO), the International Institute for Strategic studies (IISS) and
BICC.
Israel, Singapore and Russia are leading in GMI. These countries are
followed by Armenia.
The rapid buildup of military capacities in the Caucasus is
accompanied by heated diplomatic rhetoric and the risk of rekindling
the long-term military conflict over Nagorno Karabakh.
http://en.apa.az/news/202400
Nov 8 2013
Azerbaijan ranks eighth among most militarized countries, while
Armenia ranks fourth
[ 08 November 2013 12:22 ]
Baku. Victoria Dementieva - APA. Azerbaijan ranks eighth in Global
Militarization Index (GMI) 2013 of Bonn International Center for
Conversion (BICC), APA reports.
BICC has been conducting such studies since 1990. They assess the
comparison of military expenditures with its gross domestic product
(GDP) and its health expenditure (as share of its GDP); the contrast
between the total number of (para)military forces and the number of
physicians and the overall population; the ratio of the number of
heavy weapons available and the number of the overall population.
The GMI is based on data from the Stockholm Peace Research Institute
(SIPRI), the
International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Health Organization
(WHO), the International Institute for Strategic studies (IISS) and
BICC.
Israel, Singapore and Russia are leading in GMI. These countries are
followed by Armenia.
The rapid buildup of military capacities in the Caucasus is
accompanied by heated diplomatic rhetoric and the risk of rekindling
the long-term military conflict over Nagorno Karabakh.
http://en.apa.az/news/202400