How can we understand the rise of global military spending prior and during the COVID-19 pandemic? What is the military economic cycle and why is the State the biggest customer of the military industry?  In the calls for demilitarization, how can feminist and peace movements help decentralize  militaristic values as the only way for "security"?
An interview with Chloé Meulewaeter, Global Campaign on Military Spending Officer, Executive Director at Alianza Iberoamericana por la Paz and collaborator at Centre Delás for Peace Studies.
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Global Campaign on Military Spending Campaign: https://demilitarize.org
Centre Delàs for Peace Studies: http://centredelas.org/?lang=en
II World Peace Congress: https://www.ipb2021.barcelona

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