International cooperation on WMD nonproliferation / edited by Jeffrey W. Knopf.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Knopf, Jeffrey W., editor.

Series:

Studies in Security and International Affairs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear nonproliferation.

National security.

Security, International.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (350 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens : University of Georgia Press, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<div><P>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 ad

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; List of Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE. International Cooperation on Nonproliferation: The Growth and Diversity of Cooperative Efforts; CHAPTER TWO. The Multilateral Export Control Regimes: Informality Begets Collaboration; CHAPTER THREE. Nuclear Nonproliferation via Coercion and Consensus: The Success and Limits of the RERTR Program (1978-2004); CHAPTER FOUR. Implementing Nonproliferation Programs: The Cooperative Threat Reduction Process in the Former Soviet Union; CHAPTER FIVE. The G8 Global Partnership: A Glass Half Full

CHAPTER SIX. The Proliferation Security Initiative: The Achievements and Limits of an Informal Approach to CooperationCHAPTER SEVEN. UN Security Council Resolution 1540: Origins, Status, and Future Prospects; CHAPTER EIGHT. Formal and Informal Mechanisms for Countering Nuclear Terrorism: The ICSANT and the GICNT; CHAPTER NINE. The Nuclear Security Summit Experiment: Has It Been a Catalyst for Action?; CHAPTER TEN. Cooperating Regionally, Denuclearizing Globally: Multilateral Nuclear-Weapon-Free-Zone Initiatives

CHAPTER ELEVEN. Bilateral Cooperation on Nonproliferation: The Role of an Epistemic Community in Argentina and Brazil's Creation of a Joint Safeguards ArrangementCHAPTER TWELVE. Understanding the "Proliferation" of Nuclear Cooperation: An Alternative Theoretical Framework and Its Implications for Regional Efforts; CHAPTER THIRTEEN. European and P5 Responses to Iran's Nuclear Program; CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Conclusions; Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8203-4891-0

OCLC:

930994477