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| Selected list of abbreviations | |
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| Introduction: The Concept of Conversion | |
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| Dimensions of military resource use | |
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| The dynamics of conversion | |
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| Conversion management | |
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| The survey's purpose in perspective | |
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| References | |
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| Overview: Conversion in the First Disarmament Decade | |
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| The BICC Conversion, Disarmament, Demobilization and Demilitarization (BIC3D) Index | |
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| The country list | |
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| Post-war disarmers | |
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| Post-Cold War disarmers | |
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| Military delegitimation | |
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| Cost-cutters | |
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| Industrialized neutrals | |
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| Countries increasing military resource use | |
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| Disarmament and levels of military burden | |
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| Regional comparisons | |
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| Comparing parts of the BIC3D Index | |
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| Reallocation of military expenditures | |
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| Reorientation of military research and development | |
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| Conversion of the defense industry | |
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| Demobilization and reintegration of armed forces personnel | |
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| Base closure and redevelopment | |
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| Surplus weapons | |
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| The tasks ahead | |
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| Military Expenditures: The Peace Dividend: Lost or Lasting? | |
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| Trends in worldwide military expenditure | |
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| Survey of global change | |
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| Declining world trends | |
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| The lighter military burden | |
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| Regional variations | |
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| Changing priorities in military budgets | |
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| Selected country case studies | |
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| The peace dividend | |
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| Fiscal aspects of the peace dividend | |
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| A broader concept of the peace dividend | |
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| The resource dividend | |
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| The product dividend | |
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| The welfare dividend | |
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| Macroeconomic impacts of military spending decreases | |
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| Macroeconomic goals | |
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| Economic growth | |
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| Inflation | |
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| Employment | |
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| Balance of payments | |
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| Methodological issues | |
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| Divergent macroeconomic effects | |
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| Research designs for quantitative studies | |
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| Short-term pain, long-term gain | |
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| References | |
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| Reorientation of Military Research and Development: A Large Potential Largely Untapped | |
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| Trends in defense RandD | |
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| The global picture | |
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| Shifts in military RandD levels | |
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| The Russian experience | |
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| The situation in the United States | |
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| Specifics of military RandD | |
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| Structural factors | |
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| Differentiating military RandD | |
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| Science styles | |
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| Recent challenges to defense technology | |
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| The impact of technology transfer | |
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| Using military RandD resources | |
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| Resources available for conversion | |
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| Strategies for reorientation of resources | |
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| Conversion efforts at research institutions | |
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| Transformation of biological warfare laboratories | |
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| GoCos go CRADA | |
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| Conversion at Fraunhofer | |
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| The International Science and Technology Center (ISTC) | |
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| Science for war, science for peace | |
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| References | |
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| Conversion of the Defense Industry: Confronting a Changed Environment | |
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| Prevailing trends in the arms industry | |
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| Expenditures and procurement | |
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| The arms trade | |
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| Employment dynamics | |
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| Downsizing | |
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| Elements of transition in the defense sector | |
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| The defense sector versus industry in general | |
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| Regional concentration of defense industry | |
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| The role of the state | |
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| Making comparisons | |
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| The industrial response: restructuring to ensure survival | |
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| Industry consolidation and rationalization | |
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| Export promotion | |
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| Product diversification | |
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| Closure or exit | |
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| Creating a supportive environment: national level approaches | |
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| Dontestic public support for conversion | |
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| United States | |
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| Russia | |
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| Ukraine | |
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| The People's Republic of China | |
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| Further notable examples | |
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| Foreign conversion assistance | |
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| A small price to pay | |
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| Seeds of discord | |
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| Clear signals, uncertain responses | |
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| References | |
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| Demobilization and Reintegration: Critical Steps for Human Development | |
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| Reducing the numbers of military personnel | |
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| Russia | |
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| Central and Eastern Europe | |
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| Asia | |
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| Middle East | |
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| NATO countries | |
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| Africa | |
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| Latin America | |
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| How does demobilization come about? | |
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| Post-conflict demobilization | |
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| Implementing post-conflict demobilization | |
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| Disarming the combatants | |
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| Integrating armed forces | |
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| Reintegration of ex-combatants | |
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| The development impact | |
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| Risks and security concerns | |
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| Facilitating demobilization and reintegration | |
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| Reintegration support | |
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| Grounds for support | |
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| Reintegration experiences | |
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| Targeting the demobilized | |
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| External support for demobilization and reintegration | |
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| Examples of external assistance | |
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| Problems with support | |
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| A cornerstone for successful peace-building | |
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| References | |
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| Base Closure and Redevelopment: The Challenge for Communities | |
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| Global trends in base closure | |
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| North Atlantic Treaty Organization | |
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| United States of America | |
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| Germany | |
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| United Kingdom | |
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| Canada | |
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| Other NATO members | |
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| Former Warsaw Treaty Organization | |
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| Former Soviet Union | |
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| Czech Republic | |
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| Hungary | |
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| Poland | |
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| Other major closures | |
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| Belize | |
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| Bermuda | |
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| Cuba | |
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| Hong Kong | |
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| Mongolia | |
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| Panama | |
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| The Philippines | |
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| Impact of base closure | |
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| Impact components | |
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| Direct employment | |
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| Contract expenditure | |
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| Indirect spending | |
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| Real estate market | |
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| Regional economic health | |
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| Foreign base impact | |
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| Redeveloping closed bases | |
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| Factors affecting conversion | |
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| Conversion leadership and assistance | |
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| Conversion case studies | |
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| The history: United States of America | |
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| The diversity: Germany | |
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| The obstacles: Poland | |
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| The environment: Estonia | |
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| The potential: Philippines | |
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| The future: Panama | |
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| Moving out, moving up | |
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| References | |
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| Surplus Weapons: Dismantling the Remnants of Conflict | |
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| The distribution of surplus | |
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| Regional distribution | |
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| Holdings data | |
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| Country estimates | |
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| Former Soviet Union | |
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| Eastern Europe | |
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| United States | |
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| Western Europe | |
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| Other examples | |
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| Coping with surplus weapons | |
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| Conventional weapons surplus | |
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| Surplus within the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty | |
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| Cascading of modern equipment | |
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| Export and trade of surplus weapons | |
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| Mining and demining as a surplus problem | |
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| Ammunition destruction | |
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| Nuclear surplus | |
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| Nuclear weapons disposal in Russia and other CIS states | |
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| Nuclear weapons disposal in the United States | |
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| Options for long-term disposition of fissile material | |
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| Uranium | |
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| Plutonium | |
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| Chemical weapons surplus | |
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| Destruction of chemical weapons in the United States | |
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| Delays due to public opposition | |
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| Alternative technologies | |
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| Destruction of chemical weapons in Russia | |
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| Current status of CW destruction | |
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| Obstacles to CW destruction | |
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| Methods of destruction | |
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| Foreign assistance to Russia | |
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| Dangers of proliferation, problems of disposal | |
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| References | |