Global And Regional Approaches To Arms Control In The Middle East

Author : Gamal M. Selim
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-11
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783642293146

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Global and Regional Approaches to Arms Control in the Middle East by Gamal M. Selim Pdf

Since the end of the Cold War, the Middle East has been the focus of various projects for the establishment of arms control (including CBMs) regimes. Whereas some of these projects were initiated at the global level, others were discussed and debated at the regional level. This book analyses the global and regional dynamics of arms control in the Middle East in the post-Cold War era. It examines American and European arms control projects, the contexts in which they were presented, the reactions of major regional actors, and their impacts on arms control efforts in the region. It assesses Arab perceptions of the motivations for and constraints on establishing arms control regimes. It also explores the prospects of regional arms control in the context of the ongoing Arab Spring with its ramifications for Arab regional politics, and provides a new perspective on arms control in the Middle East. This volume enriches the ongoing discourse, which to date has been dominated by mainly Western perspectives.

Author : Bernd W. Kubbig,Sven-Eric Fikenscher
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136491177

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Arms Control and Missile Proliferation in the Middle East by Bernd W. Kubbig,Sven-Eric Fikenscher Pdf

This edited volume provides a systematic analysis of the missile threat and proliferation issue in the Middle East region. The question of how to increase the level of security in the Middle East is not a new one, given the conflict-ridden nature of the region. The solution attempted for this predicament has typically revolved around intense arms build-ups, a strategy which can prove self-defeating due to the subsequent countermeasures employed by neighbouring states. Arms Control and Missile Proliferation in the Middle East focuses on the strategic proliferation of arms, with a specific emphasis on missiles. This unique emphasis enables the contributors to provide a dynamic new perspective on conceptual and political disarmament efforts, thereby distinguishing this volume from many other related works on the region, which deal mainly with weapons of mass destruction. The book also explores the possibility of a reduction in weapon arsenals, examining a more promising cooperative security concept which includes confidence- and security-building measures (CSBMs). This book will be of much interest to students of arms control, Middle Eastern politics, Gulf Security, war and conflict studies, security studies and IR.

Author : Laura Drake
Publisher : Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1999-10-12
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Integrated Middle East Regional Approaches to Unconventional Arms Control and Disarmament by Laura Drake Pdf

The topic of biological weapons and the issues of arms control and disarmament are addressed in Middle East regional perspective. This requires that the subject be dealt with not as a separate category but within the overall context of the Middle East military balance. This taken into consideration, the different approaches to unconventional and mixed arms control are addressed in terms of how they affect the national interests of regional states, and in what form they are most likely to appear as increasing rather than diminishing their security. The US-USSR nuclear arms control effort during the Cold War is advocated as a process model for the Middle East. It provides a way to disarm the most heavily-armed regional powers of their most dangerous weapons without damaging their respective national interests. The voluntarism inherent in this approach respects the sovereignty of the region's several states, thereby overcoming both the Israeli distrust of international organizations and treaties and the Arab distrust of the partiality of the American superpower. The further recommendation to marry the US-USSR arms control negotiation model to the Middle East theater and its long history of negotiated military agreements, beginning with the Arab-Israeli armistice agreements in 1948-49, contains the additional benefit of separating the military requirements of arms control from the political shackles of a declining Middle East peace process. Israel's objection is that the Arms Control and Regional Security Committee, part of the multilateral track of the peace process, does not include states like Iran, Iraq, Syria and Libya - the states by which Israel says it is most threatened. The remodeling of Middle East arms control according to Cold War standards enables the inclusion of those proliferating states which are not prepared to enter into political and economic normalization or security cooperation with Israel, but whose arms races with Israel and with one another are creating an ever more dangerous regional environment.

Author : Laura Drake
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Arms control
ISBN : 994800485X

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Integrated Middle East Regional Approaches to Unconventional Arms Control and Disarmament by Laura Drake Pdf

Author : Seyed Hossein Mousavian,Emad Kiyaei
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000071955

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A Middle East Free of Weapons of Mass Destruction by Seyed Hossein Mousavian,Emad Kiyaei Pdf

The establishment of a Middle East zone free of nuclear weapons, a concept more recently broadened to cover all weapons of mass destruction (WMD), has been before the international community for decades. In this book, two experts from the region explore why the matter remains unresolved, and outline a comprehensive yet achievable roadmap to a Middle East free of WMD. Weapons of mass destruction pose an existential threat to global peace and security. But nowhere is it more urgent to stem their spread than in the Middle East, a region fraught with mistrust and instability. Accounting for these geopolitical realities, including the ongoing talks to curb Iran’s nuclear program, the authors present a practical and innovative strategy to a Middle East free of weapons of mass destructions (WMD). They outline a phased approach toward disarmament in the region, prescribing confidence-building measures and verification tools to create trust among the region’s governments. Their vision also sees the realization of a WMD-free zone within a broader regional agenda for security and cooperation to advance socioeconomic and political progress. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of international relations, politics and security studies in the Middle East.

Author : Shai Feldman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429710858

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Arms Control And The New Middle East Security Environment by Shai Feldman Pdf

This volume incorporates the talks delivered at a conference on 11 Arms Control and the New Middle East Security Environment, 11 held in Ginosar (Israel) in January 1992. The conference was organized within the framework of the Project on Security and Arms Control in the Middle East conducted by Tel Aviv University's Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies. Some 28 scholars from eight different countries, together with some 30 Israelis, took part in the conference deliberations.

Author : Shai Feldman
Publisher : Mit Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0262061899

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Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control in the Middle East by Shai Feldman Pdf

"An important contribution to the debate about Middle East arms control. Shai Feldman demonstrates his mastery of the subject, including some extremely important and interesting material on Arab conceptions and attitudes. A welcome counterpoint to much of the Western literature on the nuclear dimension of the Middle East arms control." -- Geoffrey Kemp, Nixon Center for Peace and Freedom The political dimensions of the Arab-Israeli relationship have changed dramatically in recent years. Israel and its Arab neighbors have made remarkable progress toward resolving long-standing conflicts. In "Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control in the Middle East," Shai Feldman considers whether these political breakthroughs have set the stage for agreements on controlling nuclear weapons in the region. He presents a richly detailed overview of the current situation and lays out an agenda for future efforts to reduce the risk of nuclear war in the Middle East. Feldman, whose background in strategic studies includes nearly two decades of research at Tel Aviv University's Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies, provides a comprehensive analysis of the nuclear programs of Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Libya, and Syria. He presents a detailed picture of how Israel and the Arab states view nuclear weapons -- their utility, and the threats they pose to regional security -- and explores the different approaches that Israel and the Arab states have adopted toward nuclear arms control. Feldman concludes by suggesting interim measures that might help bridge the gap between these different perspectives. CSIA Studies in International Security

Author : Daniel Müller,Professor Harald Müller
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2015-02-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781472435934

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WMD Arms Control in the Middle East by Daniel Müller,Professor Harald Müller Pdf

The Middle East is a hot spot of proliferation and it is the world region that witnessed the most frequent and severe employment of chemical weapons since the end of World War I. Notwithstanding, not a single arms control regime concerning weapons of mass destruction (WMD) covers the region as a whole. This volume, written under the auspices of the EU Consortium for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament determines the current state of diplomatic efforts to establish a weapons of mass destruction (WMD) free zone in the Middle East. In doing so, it provides insights into central actors’ conflicting political positions, thereby explaining the stalemate of efforts to negotiate a WMD-free zone.

Author : Canadian Centre for Global Security
Publisher : Canadian Centre for Global Security = Centre canadien pour la sécurité mondiale
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Arms control
ISBN : PSU:000021547768

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Regional Approaches to Curbing Nuclear Proliferation in the Middle East and South Asia by Canadian Centre for Global Security Pdf

Author : David J. Pervin,Steven L. Spiegel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135590734

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Practical Peacemaking in the Middle East by David J. Pervin,Steven L. Spiegel Pdf

First Published in 1995. In the wake of the breakthroughs in the bilateral negotiations between Israel and, respectively, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and Jordan, for the first time the interaction between Arabs and Israelis has the potential to be dominated by cooperation rather than conflict. This volume grew out of an international conference held at the University of California, Los Angeles in June 1993.

Author : Efraim Inbar,Shmuel Sandler
Publisher : Frank Cass & Company
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : 071464644X

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Middle Eastern Security by Efraim Inbar,Shmuel Sandler Pdf

This collection of studies examines the obstacles to an effective arms control regime in the Middle East and assesses the prospects of overcoming them. It examines the role of the extra-regional actors, the dynamics of the region and the international context of a Middle East arms control regime.

Author : Shai Feldman
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : 0262561085

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Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control in the Middle East by Shai Feldman Pdf

Contains primary source material.

Author : Barry R. Schneider
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : UIUC:30112050447801

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Middle East Security Issues by Barry R. Schneider Pdf

The ten authors of the essays in this study examine issues that the US must address if its national security policy in the Middle East is to be well informed. In "NBC and Missile Proliferation in the Middle East," Lawrence Scheinman summarizes the nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons capabilities and missile systems of Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Libya, and Syria. Scheinman argues that that stability in the region is best served by universal adherence to treaties to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD). Anthony R. Cordesman, in his essay "Recent Developments in the Persian Gulf," looks at both the conventional and WMD military balance between the states in the region. He assesses the volume of arms transfers to each state in the region and their impact on balance of power in the region. In "Arab Perspectives on Middle Eastern Security," Ibrahim A. Karawan, concludes that the lack of success in curbing the spread of nuclear weapons in the Middle East is not surprising. Karawan asserts that the proliferation of chemical and biological weapons among Arab and Middle East states is a natural deterrence response. Avner Cohen, in "Regional Security and Arms Control in the Middle East: The Nuclear Dimension," explains the diametrically opposite approaches taken by the two sides in the arms control and regional security negotiations. Cohen asserts that the future of nuclear arms control in the region will depend on progress toward the settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict and the evolution of politics and society in states outside the region. In "The Egyptian-Israeli confrontation over the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty," W. Andrew Terrill compares and contrasts the Egyptian and Israeli views of how best to achieve a nuclear-free zone in the Middle East.

Author : Paul Jabber
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1981-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0520040503

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Not by War Alone by Paul Jabber Pdf

Author : Bruce W. Jentleson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Arms control
ISBN : UCSD:31822023705197

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The Middle East Arms Control and Regional Security (ACRS) Talks by Bruce W. Jentleson Pdf