empirical and historical evidence has by now been collected to shoer unequivocally that the arms race, particularly in the nuclear field, respresents the largest k nqdn instance in history of a massive diversion of resources wh ich could and would otherwise be available for socio-economic developnent. Nevertheless, both thernilitarily nost powerful states and the rnain pol it ical-mil itary alliances, in the forefront of the arrns race, and others indirectly and, perhaps, involuntarily emulating it in the conventionl field elsewhere, continue to bear the socio-econornic burdens of their nilitary outlays as if these were the inevitable costs of purchasing national security. The political intolerance of thesesotalled inevitabLe gocio-economic costs, hoerever, has not only increased by also reached unprecendented levels of public participation as nore and more among the wel-I-infortrEd and concerned people aII over the world have become aware that the arns race const.itutes more of a threat than a Drotection for the future of mankind. Il0. orl the basis of the trends and their inplications surveyed earlier in thisreport, this chapter addresses itself t.o four interrelated and major consequences of the arms race: aggravated threats to international security, including the danger of a nuclear wari a worsening of the international political clftnate, makingit rore tension-prone and fipre resistant to changei a dlstortioh of international econotnic relations, further harnpering the attenpts at the esbablishnent of a new international esononic order; and, fina11y, the conbined effect of all these on thesocial values. 1If. Anything except the roughest description of r,rhat constitutes security falls outside the scope of the present report. In the 25 or rpre direct references to the tern, the Final Document of the Tenth special session of the General Assembly, the first special session devoted bo disarnament, for exanple, relates security to the threat of external aggression. strategic analyses of the subject u6es the term
**Analysis**
The text primarily discusses the diversion of resources from socio-economic development to military spending, highlighting the negative consequences of the arms race on international security, economic relations, and social values. The focus is on the economic and political implications of the arms race, rather than its environmental or humanitarian aspects.

**Category**
Economic development, International trade