Coming to terms with security : a lexicon for arms control, disarmament and confidence-building / Steve Tulliu and Thomas Schmalberger.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Tulliu, Steve.

Contributor:

Schmalberger, Thomas.

United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arms control--Dictionaries.

Arms control.

Disarmament--Dictionaries.

Disarmament.

Security, International--Dictionaries.

Security, International.

Genre:

Dictionaries.

Physical Description:

xii, 246 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Geneva, Switzerland : UNIDIR, [2001]

Summary:

For both new and veteran scholars, the lexicon provides information on the body of arms control and disarmament terms that has developed over recent decades. It will be published in different languages, each bound with the English version. After an overview, it discusses arms control and disarmament agreements, building trust and confidence, treaty basics, and implementation. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Contents:

Chapter 2 The Big Picture on "Defence by other Means" 5

2.1 History and Principles of Attempts to Regulate the Accumulation and Use of Military Force 6

2.2 Approaches on How to Limit Arms and Activities 8

2.3 What Kinds of Arms to Limit? 9

2.4 Timing: Arms Limitations Before Peace or After? 10

2.5 Implementing Arms Limitation Agreements: Verification and Compliance Mechanisms 10

2.6 Controversy About the Objective of Trying to Limit Arms and Warfare 11

2.7 Conclusion: Arms Limitations Becoming a Normal State-to-State Activity 12

Part II Arms Control and Disarmament Agreements 13

Chapter 3 Conventional Weapons 15

3.2 Arms Limitation History: Approaches and Instruments 16

3.3 Arms Limitation Instruments 21

Chapter 4 Biological Weapons 39

4.2 Arms Limitation History: Approaches and Instruments 44

4.3 Arms Limitation Instruments 46

Chapter 5 Chemical Weapons 55

5.2 Arms Limitation History: Approaches and Instruments 62

5.3 Arms Limitation Instruments 64

Chapter 6 Nuclear Weapons 75

6.2 Arms Limitation History: Approaches and Instruments 83

6.3 Arms Limitation Instruments 86

6.4 Nuclear Weapons Terms 112

7.2 Arms Limitation History: Approaches and Instruments 132

7.3 Arms Limitation Instruments 134

Part III Building Trust and Confidence 145

Chapter 8 Confidence- and Security-Building Measures 147

8.2 History of CSBMs: Approaches and Instruments 150

8.3 CSBMs Instruments 158

Part IV Treaty Basics 183

Chapter 9 Negotiating Arms Control and Disarmament Agreements 185

9.2 Negotiation Forums 189

Part V Implementation of Arms Control and Disarmament Agreements 201

Chapter 10 Verification and Compliance 203

10.2 History of Verification 209

10.3 Verification Institutions 216

10.4 Compliance Mechanisms 222.

Notes:

"UNIDIR/2001/16."

"United Nations publication sales no. GV.E.00.0.12"--T.p. verso.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9290451351

OCLC:

49060903