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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
- 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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