Defining Defense Transparency
Although defense transparency is a widely employed term, there has been surprisingly little effort to define what it means, perhaps because it is so complex and politically charged. This is the definition that the Defense Transparency Project has produced to capture its different dimensions and goals:
"Defense transparency is an ongoing process in which governments credibly transmit timely, relevant, and sufficient information about their military power and activities, budgetary matters, and intentions to allow other states and domestic audiences to assess the consistency of this information with declared strategic interests and institutional obligations to reduce misperception, ensure good governance, and build mutual trust"
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