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One other factor is that the development ofFTZs and CUs reduces arms races, and can sometimes even lead to military cooperation and the development of (sub) regional security alliances - this should induce the ICs to promote resolutely regional integration in DC regions. The fact alone that in some DC regions border conflicts, at times intensive, will fade into insignificance, rendering superfluous any regional arms races, justifies integration projects.