Arms Control
History, Theory, and Policy [2 Volumes]
1st Edition
Published on 15. May 2012
804 pages
979-8-216-04932-6 (ISBN)
Description
Set against a backdrop of terrorism, rogue states, non-conventional warfare, and deteriorating diplomacy, this encyclopedia offers a comprehensive, multidisciplinary, up-to-date reference on the recent history and contemporary practice of arms control and nonproliferation.
Arms Control: History, Theory, and Policy features in-depth, expert analysis and information on the full spectrum of issues relating to this critical topic. The first major reference on arms control in over a decade, the two-volume set covers historical context, contemporary challenges, and emerging approaches to diplomacy and human rights. Noted experts provide a full spectrum of perspectives on arms control, offering insightful analysis of arms-control agreements and the people and institutions behind them.
Volume 1 provides an accessible historical overview of the subject and a more detailed conceptual analysis of the foundations of arms control. Volume 2 covers the contemporary and practical issues of arms control, focusing on global issues that arms control advocates have been forced to address with varying degrees of success: a burgeoning international trade in conventional weapons; a closely related flood of small arms and light weapons used to fuel intrastate conflicts and even genocide; and the spread of nuclear weapons to potentially unstable regions of the world.
Arms Control: History, Theory, and Policy features in-depth, expert analysis and information on the full spectrum of issues relating to this critical topic. The first major reference on arms control in over a decade, the two-volume set covers historical context, contemporary challenges, and emerging approaches to diplomacy and human rights. Noted experts provide a full spectrum of perspectives on arms control, offering insightful analysis of arms-control agreements and the people and institutions behind them.
Volume 1 provides an accessible historical overview of the subject and a more detailed conceptual analysis of the foundations of arms control. Volume 2 covers the contemporary and practical issues of arms control, focusing on global issues that arms control advocates have been forced to address with varying degrees of success: a burgeoning international trade in conventional weapons; a closely related flood of small arms and light weapons used to fuel intrastate conflicts and even genocide; and the spread of nuclear weapons to potentially unstable regions of the world.
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1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN-13
979-8-216-04932-6 (9798216049326)
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Persons
Robert E. Williams Jr. is associate professor of political science at Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA.
Paul R. Viotti is professor in the Josef Korbel School of International Studies, and executive director of the Institute on Globalization and Security (IGLOS), University of Denver.
Paul R. Viotti is professor in the Josef Korbel School of International Studies, and executive director of the Institute on Globalization and Security (IGLOS), University of Denver.
Content
Part I: Weapons of Mass Destruction
1 Arms Control: Biological and Chemical Weapons
Terrence M. O'Sullivan
Nuclear Weapons Proliferation
2 Nuclear Proliferation
Dan Caldwell
3 Rethinking Our Nuclear Weapons Proliferation Threats and Solutions
Henry D. Sokolski
Regional Arms Control
4 Nuclear Arms Control, Nonproliferation, and Missile Defenses
Stephen J. Cimbala
5 Conventional and Nuclear Weapons Proliferation in East Asia
William E. Berry Jr.
6 Tactical Nuclear Weapons in Europe: A Further Step in the Arms Control Agenda?
Gale A. Mattox
7 Conventional Arms Control in the Context of European Security
Dieter Dettke
8 Arms Control and European Security during the Cold War
Paul R. Viotti
9 Israel, Iran, and the Arms Control Paradox in the Middle East
Brent J. Talbot
10 A History of the Iranian Nuclear Program
Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova and Nicholas Bowen
Part II: Advanced Technologies-Outer Space and Cyberspace
11 Keeping a Lid on Space Weaponization: The Prospects for an Arms Control Regime in Space
John H. Modinger
12 Dilemmas of Arms Control and Cybersecurity
Chris C. Demchak
Appendix: Arms Control Treaties
Chemical and Biological Weapons
Geneva Protocol against Using Chemical and Bacteriological Weapons: 1925
Biological Weapons Convention (BWC): 1972
Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC): 1993
Nuclear Weapons Treaties
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT): 1968
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty: 1987
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I): 1991
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty II (START II): 1993 and 1997
Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT): 1996
Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT): 2002
New START: 2010
Space Treaties
Outer Space Treaty: 1967
Moon Treaty: 1979
Conventional Weapons Treaties
Land Mines Convention ("Ottawa Treaty"): 1997
Convention on Cluster Munitions: 2008
Acronyms
Glossary
Compiled by Lewis K. Griffith
Index
About the Contributors
1 Arms Control: Biological and Chemical Weapons
Terrence M. O'Sullivan
Nuclear Weapons Proliferation
2 Nuclear Proliferation
Dan Caldwell
3 Rethinking Our Nuclear Weapons Proliferation Threats and Solutions
Henry D. Sokolski
Regional Arms Control
4 Nuclear Arms Control, Nonproliferation, and Missile Defenses
Stephen J. Cimbala
5 Conventional and Nuclear Weapons Proliferation in East Asia
William E. Berry Jr.
6 Tactical Nuclear Weapons in Europe: A Further Step in the Arms Control Agenda?
Gale A. Mattox
7 Conventional Arms Control in the Context of European Security
Dieter Dettke
8 Arms Control and European Security during the Cold War
Paul R. Viotti
9 Israel, Iran, and the Arms Control Paradox in the Middle East
Brent J. Talbot
10 A History of the Iranian Nuclear Program
Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova and Nicholas Bowen
Part II: Advanced Technologies-Outer Space and Cyberspace
11 Keeping a Lid on Space Weaponization: The Prospects for an Arms Control Regime in Space
John H. Modinger
12 Dilemmas of Arms Control and Cybersecurity
Chris C. Demchak
Appendix: Arms Control Treaties
Chemical and Biological Weapons
Geneva Protocol against Using Chemical and Bacteriological Weapons: 1925
Biological Weapons Convention (BWC): 1972
Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC): 1993
Nuclear Weapons Treaties
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT): 1968
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty: 1987
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I): 1991
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty II (START II): 1993 and 1997
Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT): 1996
Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT): 2002
New START: 2010
Space Treaties
Outer Space Treaty: 1967
Moon Treaty: 1979
Conventional Weapons Treaties
Land Mines Convention ("Ottawa Treaty"): 1997
Convention on Cluster Munitions: 2008
Acronyms
Glossary
Compiled by Lewis K. Griffith
Index
About the Contributors
