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Arms control : cooperative security in a changing environment / edited by Jeffrey A. Larsen ; with a foreword by Thomas C. Schelling.

LIBRA JZ5687 .A764 2002
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Larsen, Jeffrey Arthur, 1954-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Arms control.
Physical Description:
xviii, 413 pages ; 23 cm
Place of Publication:
Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2002.
Contents:
1 An Introduction to Arms Control / Jeffrey A. Larsen 1
What Is Arms Control and Why Is It Important? 2
The Development of Arms Control Theory 5
Arms Control in the Post-Cold War Era 9
Part 1 Arms Control in Context
2 A History of Arms Control / Michael O. Wheeler 19
Arms Control in the West Prior to the Nuclear Age 20
Arms Control During the Cold War 22
Arms Control After the Cold War 34
3 The Changing International Context / Schuyler Foerster 41
The End of the U.S.-Soviet Adversary Relationship 42
Localization of Conflict 44
Globalization of Economic, Political, and Social Forces 45
The Changing Technology of Warfare 46
New Actors and Roles 48
A Changing Agenda for Cooperative Security 52
4 Domestic Factors in Arms Control: The U.S. Case / Jennifer E. Sims 55
Generic Issues in the Domestic Context of Arms Control 56
The U.S. Case 59
The United States in the Post-Cold War Era 71
5 Verification and Transparency: Relics or Future Requirements? / Joseph F. Pilat 79
Verification and Transparency in Arms Control 80
Verification, Intelligence, and Compliance: Issues and Assessments 81
Changing Patterns of Verification 85
Future Transparency 89
Part 2 Preventing the Spread of Arms
6 Strategic Nuclear Arms Control / Forrest E. Waller Jr. 99
The Problem of Terminology 100
Historical Background 100
Strategic Nuclear Arms Control Today 107
Visions for the Future of Strategic Nuclear Arms Control 109
7 Nuclear Proliferation / Leonard Spector 119
The Map of Nuclear Proliferation 120
Incentives and Constraints 123
Counterproliferation 132
The Continuing Debate 134
8 Chemical and Biological Weapons / Marie Isabelle Chevrier 143
Objectives of CBW Arms Control 145
Managing the Implementation of the CWC 147
Allegations of Noncompliance and Challenge Inspections 149
Strengthening the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention 152
CBW Arms Control and Cooperative Security 155
9 Conventional Weapons / Jo L. Husbands 163
Arms Trade Fundamentals 163
Three Cold War Legacies 165
The New Security Environment 168
Controlling Arms Transfers: Arguments and Examples 169
10 Cooperative Security Measures / Guy B. Roberts 181
The Cooperative Threat Reduction Program 183
Other Initiatives: Regional Security 192
Analysis 193
Part 3 Regional Perspectives
11 Europe / Jeffrey D. McCausland 201
Force Reduction Talks, Cooperative Security, and the Vienna Document 202
The Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe 203
Arms Control in the Balkans: The Dayton Accords 207
Arms Control During War and Conflict Resolution 208
12 The Middle East / Glen M. Segell 215
Approaches to Arms Control in the Middle East 216
The Middle East and Global Arms Control Efforts 220
13 Africa / Christopher Carr 229
Weapons of Mass Destruction and Arms Control in Africa 230
Arms Trafficking into Africa 231
Arms Trafficking Within Africa 234
14 South Asia / Peter R. Lavoy 241
Impediments to Arms Control in South Asia 242
South Asia's Strategic Predicament 247
15 East Asia / Brad Roberts 253
Pre-Cold War Arms Control 253
Cold War Arms Control 256
Post-Cold War Arms Control 258
Arms Control 2002 259
The Future of Arms Control in East Asia 260
Part 4 Future Challenges for Arms Control
16 The Future of the Offense-Defense Relationship / Kerry M. Kartchner 271
Emerging Threats and the Inadequacy of Offense-Dominant Deterrence 273
Missile Defense Technology and Affordability 276
The Unlikely Prospect of a Renewed Arms Race with Russia 277
Missile Defense and Crisis Stability 279
Arms Control and the New Offense-Defense Relationship 280
Alternative Models 282
17 Arms Control in Outer Space / Patricia A. McFate 291
The Existing Space Arms Control Framework 293
Efforts to Internationalize and Institutionalize Space 295
The ABM Treaty and Ballistic Missile Defense 297
The Space Commission and Space War Games 300
Future Arms Control Challenges 301
18 Security in Cyberspace / Gregory J. Rattray 309
Rising Concern over Information Operations 310
Setting Boundaries 312
Efforts at International Agreements and Cooperation 313
Learning from Past Efforts 316
Looking to the Future 320
19 Arms Control in the Year 2025 / John A. Nagl 329
A World of Tiers 329
A Global World 330
The Two-Tiered World of 2025 332
Arms Control to 2025 334
20 Conclusion: The Future of Arms Control / James J. Wirtz 343
Emerging Roles for Arms Control 346
The Future of Arms Control 349
Appendix 1 Chronology of Arms Control Since 1945 357
Appendix 2 Treaties Agreements, and Organizations of Particular Interest 371.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
1588260135
1588260380
OCLC:
49711734

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