International Cooperation on WMD Nonproliferation (eBook)

Jeffrey W. Knopf (Herausgeber)

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2016
University of Georgia Press (Verlag)
978-0-8203-4891-9 (ISBN)

Infos

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 additional nonproliferation arrangements are less formal and have fewer members than the global treaties.

International Cooperation on WMD Nonproliferation calls attention to the emergence of international cooperation beyond the core global nonproliferation treaties. The contributors examine why these other cooperative nonproliferation mechanisms have emerged, assess their effectiveness, and ask how well the different pieces of the global nonproliferation regime complex fit together. Collectively, the essayists show that states have added new forms of international cooperation to combat WMD proliferation for multiple reasons, including the need to address new problems and the entrepreneurial activities of key state leaders. Despite the complications created by the existence of so many different cooperative arrangements, this collection shows the world is witnessing a process of building cooperation that is leading to greater levels of activity in support of norms against WMD and terrorism.

Autor

JEFFREY W. KNOPF is a professor and program chair of nonproliferation and terrorism studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey and a senior research associate with the institute’s James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.2.2016
• Reihe/Serie: Studies in Security and International Affairs
• Reihe/Serie: Studies in Security and International Affairs Ser.
• Reihe/Serie: Studies in Security and International Affairs Ser.
• Co-Autor: Emma Belcher, Wyn Bowen, Gavin Cameron, Francesca Giovannini, Michael Hamel-Green, Alan Heyes, Scott A. Jones, Togzhan Kassenova, Alan J. Kuperman, Sara Z. Kutchesfahani, Tanya Ogilvie-White, David Santoro, Elizabeth Turpen
• Verlagsort: Athens
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Militärfahrzeuge / -flugzeuge / -schiffe
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: Bilateral Cooperation • cooperation on nonproliferation • denuclearizing globally • G8 • GICNT • ICSANT • informality • information approach to cooperation • Iran Nuclear Program • multilateral export control regimes • Nonproliferation • Nuclear • nuclear argentina • nuclear brazil • nuclear nonproliferation via coercion • nuclear nonproliferation via consensus • nuclear security summit experiment • p5 • proliferation security initiative • regional cooperation • RERTP • UN Security Council • UN security council resolution 1540
• ISBN-10: 0-8203-4891-0 / 0820348910
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-4891-9 / 9780820348919