Nuclear weapons counterproliferation : a new grand bargain / Jack I. Garvey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Garvey, Jack I.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear nonproliferation.

Nuclear arms control.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book proposes a new framework for achieving global nuclear security in the 21st century. Building on recent developments such as the remarkable new capabilities of nuclear forensics and legal and institutional evolution that can be made a turning point for counterproliferation capacity, it sets forth the critical basis to achieve profound improvement of nuclear security worldwide.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""1. Introduction""; ""A. The Need for a New Grand Bargain""; ""B. The Old Grand Bargain Breakdown""; ""i. The Goal of Nuclear Disarmament""; ""ii. The Flawed Connection of Nuclear Disarmament and Counterproliferation""; ""C. Legitimacy; The Challenge of Asymmetric Possession of Nuclear Weapons""; ""2. Futility of Nuclear Weapons Risk Management in a Consensual Regime""; ""A. Nuclear Terrorism""; ""B. State-to-State Nuclear Weapons Risk""; ""C. Risk Reduction by Consent""; ""3. Security Council Mandate of Universal Standards""

""A. Global Legislation by the United Nations Security Council""""i. The Security Council as Legislator""; ""ii. The Legal Debate""; ""iii. The Legal Debate Enlightened by Political Realism""; ""iv. Counterproliferation as the Best Prospect for Security Council Legislation""; ""B. Counterproliferation Beyond Current Legislation""; ""C. Universal Standards""; ""i. Nuclear Security as an Independent International Interest""; ""ii. No Classification of States""; ""iii. International Administration of Uniform Standards""; ""4. Elements of an Effective Counterproliferation Architecture""

""A. Expanding Deterrence An International Nuclear Forensics Data Bank""; ""i. Contemporary Nuclear Forensics Capability""; ""ii. Expanded Deterrence""; ""iii. The Legal and Institutional Empowerment of Nuclear Forensics""; ""B. Internationalization of National Counterproliferation Intelligence""; ""i. The Incongruity of National Intelligence Resources and Transnational Nuclear Risk""; ""ii. The Imperative for International Institutionalization of Intelligence""; ""iii. Feasibility""; ""C. Export-Import Controls""; ""i. The Club that Cannot Counterproliferate""

""ii. Institutionalization of Export-Import Controls under Security Council Mandate""""D. Internationalization of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle""; ""E. Interdiction of Nuclear Weapons Related Transport; The Proliferation Security Initiative""; ""i. Counterproliferation Designed to be Least Legal; An Activity, Not an Organization""; ""ii. Interface of the Proliferation Security Initiative and International Law""; ""iii. Institutionalization of the PSI under Security Council Mandate; Legitimacy and Effectiveness""; ""5. Compliance""; ""6. Political Will""; ""7. Conclusion""; ""INDEX""; ""A""; ""B""

""C""""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""W""; ""Y""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Apr. 29, 2013).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-029765-4

0-19-933264-9

0-19-999786-1

OCLC:

852158843