معضلة الامن - النمو: حالة سوريا خلال المدة 1970 - 2002

Abstract

AbstractSyria has linked its security with military force, which costs it much in form of military expenditures. Therefore, military expenditures in Syria reached highest levels and it is ranked to be one of the highest countries in military burden in the world. Clearly, Syria is a country with limited resources. Its extensive military expenditures reflected in great economic and social losses resulted in crowding-out investment leaving national investment ratio at low level, and hence lessening the growth possibilities which Syria looks forward to achieve anxiously. The bad effects of military expenditures in Syria enable us to characterize the relation between security and growth to be of a paradox nature and can be regarded as a "dilemma". The necessity entails finding an outlet for this dilemma. This can be achieved through identifying the reasons and defining the source of real threats and cast them away. Hence, resources can be liberated from military use and can be utilized in the field of development.