ABSTRACT
Security and military spending form an inseparable partnership in which security, despite being within the scope of political science, is a highly complex issue, while military expenditure stems from political decisions in the purest sense. Military expenses depend solely on those public-spending budgets that are put forward by governments on an annual basis and, where appropriate, they are debated and supported at a parliamentary level. Security, however, is part of a continuous analysis, not only of experts in the field, but when understood in a broad manner, it is a subject of shared debate within a society.
