DISARMAMENT IN THIRDWORLD COUNTRIES: NIGERIA IN PERSPECTIVE

This paper examines the non-proliferation of arms or disarmament in the international system. It conceptualizes disarmament in the third world countries in the words of former secretary general of the United Nations, Kofi Anan and third world in the word of Herswtich. The paper adopted the realist and the idealist theories in international relations to explain arm race and disarmament as two opposing theories to arms struggle and war in general. The paper continuous by making recommendations after citing a number of implications in disarmament in third world countries viz; political, economic, wrong perception of security among others.