International Cooperation On Wmd Nonproliferation

Author : Jeffrey W. Knopf
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2016-02-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780820345277

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International Cooperation on WMD Nonproliferation by Jeffrey W. Knopf Pdf

International efforts to prevent the spread of weapons of mass destruction (WMD)—including nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons—rest upon foundations provided by global treaties such as the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). Over time, however, states have created a number of other mechanisms for organizing international cooperation to promote nonproliferation. Examples range from regional efforts to various worldwide export-control regimes and nuclear security summit meetings initiated by U.S. president Barack Obama. Many of these additional nonproliferation arrangements are less formal and have fewer members than the global treaties. International Cooperation on WMD Nonproliferation calls attention to the emergence of international cooperation beyond the core global nonproliferation treaties. The contributors examine why these other cooperative nonproliferation mechanisms have emerged, assess their effectiveness, and ask how well the different pieces of the global nonproliferation regime complex fit together. Collectively, the essayists show that states have added new forms of international cooperation to combat WMD proliferation for multiple reasons, including the need to address new problems and the entrepreneurial activities of key state leaders. Despite the complications created by the existence of so many different cooperative arrangements, this collection shows the world is witnessing a process of building cooperation that is leading to greater levels of activity in support of norms against WMD and terrorism.

Author : Nathan E. Busch,Daniel Joyner
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780820332215

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Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction by Nathan E. Busch,Daniel Joyner Pdf

The spread of weapons of mass destruction poses one of the greatest threats to international peace and security in modern times--the specter of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons looms over relations among many countries. The September 11 tragedy and other terrorist attacks have been painful warnings about gaps in nonproliferation policies and regimes, specifically with regard to nonstate actors. In this volume, experts in nonproliferation studies examine challenges faced by the international community and propose directions for national and international policy making and lawmaking. The first group of essays outlines the primary threats posed by WMD proliferation and terrorism. Essays in the second section analyze existing treaties and other normative regimes, including the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and the Chemical Weapons and Biological Weapons Conventions, and recommend ways to address the challenges to their effectiveness. Essays in part three examine the shift some states have made away from nonproliferation treaties and regimes toward more forceful and proactive policies of counterproliferation, such as the Proliferation Security Initiative, which coordinates efforts to search and seize suspect shipments of WMD-related materials.

Author : Oliver Meier
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134440818

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Technology Transfers and Non-Proliferation by Oliver Meier Pdf

This edited volume examines the issue of the proliferation of dual-use technology and the efforts of the international community to control these technologies. Efforts to stop the spread of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) increasingly focus on preventing the proliferation and misuse of dual-use technologies: information, materials and equipment that can be easily applied for peaceful and hostile purposes. The threat of terrorist attacks with nuclear, biological or chemical weapons, in particular, makes it necessary to develop a sustainable non-proliferation policy that effectively hinders the misuse of dual-use technologies. In this book, leading non-proliferation experts from different regions of the world reflect on the political, legal and technical obstacles with an aim to finding a better balance between control and cooperation in dual-use technology transfer regulations. This broad approach makes it possible to compare regimes which may be structurally different but are similar in the way they attempt to regulate dual-use technology transfers by balancing controls and cooperative approaches. This book will be of much interest to students of weapons proliferation, arms control, global governance, international organizations and international security.

Author : Brad Roberts
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Nuclear nonproliferation
ISBN : 9781428994522

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Nonproliferation - Challenges Old and New by Brad Roberts Pdf

Since the advent of the nuclear era in 1945, Americans and others have been debating whether or how it might be possible to prevent the proliferation of nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction (WMD). As each new proliferation challenge has emerged, debate about the shortcomings of the various policy tools for coping with proliferation has intensified. These debates have grown only more intense in the last ten to fifteen years. Despite such debates, American presidents have steered a fairly consistent course promoting nonproliferation, innovating along the way, while also coping with its periodic failures. The end of the Cold War seemed to make new things possible for nonproliferation, with the promise of even more cooperation between East and West on specific proliferation challenges. And the Persian Gulf War of 1990-91 seemed to make new things necessary, as the United States faced the first regional war under the shadow of weapons of mass destruction. First President George H.W. Bush and then President William Clinton committed the federal government to significant political efforts to strengthen the tools of nonproliferation policy.

Author : Seyed Hossein Mousavian,Emad Kiyaei
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 42,8 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 : Michael Hamel-Green
Publisher : United Nations Publications UNIDIR
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015063088218

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Regional Initiatives on Nuclear- and WMD-free Zones by Michael Hamel-Green Pdf

The initial years of the new millennium have seen little substantive progress in nucleararms control. Recent challenges for nuclear non-proliferationinclude: the non-entry into force of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT); the 1998India and Pakistan nuclear weapon tests; the withdrawal of North Korea from the NonproliferationTreaty (NPT); the ambiguous status of Iran's nuclear energy developmentprogramme and past Iraqi NPT violations under Saddam Hussein.The strategy of establishing regional NWFZs is generally seen as both a non-proliferation and security-enhancing measure for the regions themselves, and as a partial step towards the eventual global elimination of nuclear weapons. Currently some 107 countries and the larger part of the globe are part of regional NWFZs while NWFZs for such conflict-prone areas such as the Middle East, South Asia, Northeast Asia and Central and Eastern Europe are in various stages of consideration.

Author : S. Blavoukos,D. Bourantonis,C. Portela
Publisher : Springer
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2015-01-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137378446

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The EU and the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons by S. Blavoukos,D. Bourantonis,C. Portela Pdf

Much of the literature on the emerging role of the EU as a non-proliferation actor has only a minimal engagement with theory. This collection aims to rectify this by placing the role of the EU in the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons within an analytical framework inspired by emerging literature on the performance of international organisations.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : PURD:32754064099181

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Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling, and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction by Anonim Pdf

Author : National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Development, Security, and Cooperation,Russian Academy of Sciences Committee on U.S.-Russian Cooperation on Nuclear Nonproliferation,U.S. National Academies Committee on U.S.-Russian Cooperation on Nuclear Nonproliferation
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2004-05-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780309166409

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Overcoming Impediments to U.S.-Russian Cooperation on Nuclear Nonproliferation by National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Development, Security, and Cooperation,Russian Academy of Sciences Committee on U.S.-Russian Cooperation on Nuclear Nonproliferation,U.S. National Academies Committee on U.S.-Russian Cooperation on Nuclear Nonproliferation Pdf

The U.S. National Academies and the Russian Academy of Sciences convened a joint workshop to identify methods of overcoming impediments to cooperation between the United States and Russia on nonproliferation. The workshop emphasized approaches and techniques that have already been shown to work in U.S.-Russian programs and that might be applied in other areas. The workshop was intended to facilitate frank discussion between individuals in the United States and Russia who have some responsibility for cooperative nonproliferation programs in the hope of identifying both the impediments to cooperation and potential methods of addressing them. This report summarizes the discussions at the workshop.

Author : Ian J. Stewart
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000455199

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International Nuclear Export Controls and Non-Proliferation by Ian J. Stewart Pdf

This book examines the evolution of international nuclear non-proliferation trade controls over time. The book argues that the international nuclear export controls have developed in a sub-optimal way as a result of a non-proliferation collective action problem. This has resulted in competition among suppliers, owing to the absence of an overarching effective system of control. While efforts have been undertaken to address this collective action problem and strengthen controls over time, these measures have been inherently limited, it is argued here, because of the same structural factors and vested interests that led to the creation of the problem in the first place. This study examines international controls from the beginning of the nuclear age and early efforts to control the atom, up to more recent times and the challenge posed by Iranian and North Korean nuclear ambitions. Drawing on a rich body of original archival research and interviews, the book demonstrates that the collective action problem has restrained cooperation in preventing nuclear proliferation and that gaps persist in the international nuclear trade control regime. This book will be of much interest to students of nuclear proliferation and arms control, security studies, and International Relations.

Author : Exequiel Lacovsky
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000360196

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Nuclear Weapons Free Zones by Exequiel Lacovsky Pdf

This book explores the conditions under which Nuclear Weapons Free Zones (NWFZs) can be established. It analyzes four hypotheses that explain the factors contributing to the formation of NWFZs, building upon realist, constructivist and liberal theories from international relations. Through structured focused comparison, the book presents and compares the emergence of NWFZs in Latin America, the South Pacific, Southeast Asia, Africa, Central Asia, and the Middle East, which is a prospect for a NWFZ. The book argues that NWFZ projects depend on the following conditions: the security interest of regional states in avoiding nuclear threats, preexisting regional institutions and regional economic cooperation, leadership by a core of regional powers and shared interest in spreading non-proliferation norms. Democracy is not a necessary condition, but democratization can help overcome barriers presented by hesitant or opposed regional governments. As too many of the mentioned necessary conditions are lacking in the Middle East, a NWFZ project, thus, will be possible only after major political changes. This book will be of much interest to students of nuclear proliferation, arms control, security studies and International Relations.

Author : Prof. Dr. Osman TITREK,Assist. Prof. Dr. Gozde SEZEN-GULTEKIN,Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fariz AHMADOV
Publisher : Prof. Dr. Osman Titrek Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fariz Ahmadov Res. Assist. Ilkin Mammadov
Page : 1338 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2019-12-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9786056649578

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(5 th International Conference on Lifelong Education and Leadership for ALL-ICLEL 2019 by Prof. Dr. Osman TITREK,Assist. Prof. Dr. Gozde SEZEN-GULTEKIN,Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fariz AHMADOV Pdf

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Author : Wilfred Wan
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780820353296

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Regional Pathways to Nuclear Nonproliferation by Wilfred Wan Pdf

This book makes a case for a reorientation of the nuclear nonproliferation regime, posing an alternative conceptualization of nuclear order centered on the regional level. It draws on an array of theoretical tools from the literatures on regionalism, security governance, and international institutions, developing a framework that analyzes the conditions that would allow for more robust regional nuclear cooperation. These include the presence of (1) institutional architecture, (2) political, economic, and military relations among states, and (3) fundamental regional awareness and identity. Wan then deploys this theoretical approach to several case studies, including Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East, focusing on two interrelated questions. First, what is the viability of a stronger regional nuclear order in the region? Second, what form would such an order most likely take? In the process, the book identifies the magnitude and character of the proliferation challenge specific to each region. It also considers the existing character of nuclear cooperation at the regional level. Wan presents the historical development of regional nuclear order in Latin America as a model for the rest of the world. In this area, regional institutions—ranging from organizations to dialogues to ad hoc arrangements—gradually became more involved across economic, environmental, and human security domains, providing the foundation for multilateral cooperation in the nuclear arena. As his analysis shows, in light of the contemporary proliferation landscape, the establishment and strengthening of such regional nuclear orders is essential.

Author : Alyson J. K. Bailes,Gunilla Herolf,Bengt Sundelius
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 0199290849

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The Nordic Countries and the European Security and Defence Policy by Alyson J. K. Bailes,Gunilla Herolf,Bengt Sundelius Pdf

In 1999 the EU decided to develop its own military capacities for crisis management. This book brings together a group of experts to examine the consequences of this decision on Nordic policy establishments, as well as to shed new light on the defence and security issues that matter for Europe as a whole.

Author : Neil Narang,Erik Gartzke,Matthew Kroenig
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317406754

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Nonproliferation Policy and Nuclear Posture by Neil Narang,Erik Gartzke,Matthew Kroenig Pdf

This volume examines the causes and consequences of nuclear postures and nonproliferation policies. The real-world importance of nuclear weapons has led to the production of a voluminous scholarly literature on the causes and consequences of nuclear weapons proliferation. Missing from this literature, however, is a more nuanced analysis that moves beyond a binary treatment of nuclear weapons possession, to an exploration of how different nuclear postures and nonproliferation policies may influence the proliferation of nuclear weapons and subsequent security outcomes. This volume addresses this deficit by focusing on the causes and consequences of nuclear postures and nonproliferation policies. It is the aim of this book to advance the development of a new empirical research agenda that brings systematic research methods to bear on new dimensions of the nuclear weapons phenomenon. Prior to the contributions in this volume, there has been little evidence to suggest that nuclear postures and policies have a meaningful impact on the spread of nuclear weapons or security outcomes. This book brings together a new generation of scholars, advancing innovative theoretical positions, and performing quantitative tests using original data on nuclear postures, nonproliferation policies, and WMD proliferation. Together, the chapters in this volume make novel theoretical, empirical, and methodological contributions to the field of nuclear weapons proliferation. This book will be of much interest to students of nuclear proliferation, international relations and security studies.