TY - BOOK AU - TERTRAIS Bruno TI - Do arms races matter? PY - 2003/// KW - ARMS PROLIFERATION N1 - Entered on 04/APR/2003 N2 - 'Arms racing' is a powerful political concept, but a sloppy analytical tool. The metaphor may act as an intellectual lens that unduly simplifies the complex dynamic of the twenty-first century security environment. The phrase should be discarded ER -