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JP Dunne, Editor & M Brown, Managing Editor
JP Dunne is Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, and Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK.
M Brown, formerly with the University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, now runs a private consultancy in the United Kingdom.
Volume 21, No.2 (October 2026) of The Economics of Peace and Security (EPSJ) is now published. See the latest issue at https://epsjournal.org.uk/index.php/EPSJ/issue/view/48 .
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Read more about Volume 21, No.2 (October 2026) of The Economics of Peace and Security (EPSJ) is now published.This issue commences with an article by Sanjeev Gupta studying the extent of inconsistencies in how military spending is addressed in International Monetary Fund multilateral and bilateral surveillance during 2008–2023. This is followed by Robert Beeres, Marion Bogers, and Jan van Lieshout examining recent Dutch defense budgeting not only in terms of how much is spent, but also about how resources are organized, classified, and managed within the defense organization. Daphne Hart, Gil Pinchas, Itai Polischuk, and Asher Tishler then explore the evolution, composition, and institutional foundations of Israel’s defense budget compared to persistent uncertainty and risk, and suggest an updated approach. Finally, Michael Brzoska’s examines of Germany’s current and future defence budgeting and associated fiscal effects.
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