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The pressures of post-WWII have created in the US a new phenomenon, a power complex which may be called the 'warfare state.' It is a conjunction of military-industrial power (against which D. D. Eisenhower warned in his Farewell Address), fed by increasing billions of dollars, resting on 2 assumptions: (1) that safety can be achieved only through power, & (2) that prosperity depends on the constant pumppriming of the domestic economy through the expenditure of military billions. Both assumptions are false. Power in the nuclear age has become self-defeating & suicidal. Full employment & prosperity can no longer be guaranteed by military expenditures, for experience proves that vast sums spent for military hardware act in the long run as a drug & a drag on the over-all economy. But both myths, aided by the lobbying of the military-industrial complex, persist in influencing US decisions & preventing them from being based on clear conceptions of reality. AA.

The pressures of post-World War II have cre ated in America a new phenomenon, a power complex which may be aptly called the Warfare State. It is a conjunction of military-industrial power, against which President Eisenhower warned in his Farewell Address. Fed by ever increasing bil lions of dollars, the Warfare State rests upon two assumptions: that safety can be achieved only through power, that prosperity depends upon the constant pump-priming of the domestic economy through the expenditure of military billions. Both assumptions are false. Power in the nuclear age has become self-defeating and suicidal. Full employment and prosperity can no longer be guaranteed by military expenditures, for ex perience proves that vast sums spent for military hardware act in the long run only as a drug and a drag on the over-all econ omy. But both myths, aided by the lobbying of the military- industrial complex, persist in influencing American decisions and preventing them from being based on clear conceptions of reality.

Examines the New Labour Party in Britain & its continued and increase of support, for the military-industrial complex with focus on Britain's arms trade, the ongoing support of United States' military operations, national security & economic interests in various parts of the world including "East of Suez," & military strength in relation to other European nations in the context of the Strategic Defence Review which, it is said, is not a review, not strategic, nor about defense. The SDR actually serves as "cover" for the incorporation of different factions into a new "moral imperialism.". R. Rodriguez

What is the nature of the post-9/11 global order? What types of transnational conflicts are we likely to see in the years ahead? Will the United States dominate this new world order? Can it? A panel of distinguished sociologists tackles these questions.