Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction: The Future of International Nonproliferation Policy (Studies in Security and International Affairs) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0820332216 ISBN 13: 9780820332215

Publisher: University of Georgia Press, 2009

Synopsis

The spread of weapons of mass destruction poses one of the greatest threats to international peace and security in modern times―the specter of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons looms over relations among many countries. The September 11 tragedy and other terrorist attacks have been painful warnings about gaps in nonproliferation policies and regimes, specifically with regard to nonstate actors.

In this volume, experts in nonproliferation studies examine challenges faced by the international community and propose directions for national and international policy making and lawmaking. The first group of essays outlines the primary threats posed by WMD proliferation and terrorism. Essays in the second section analyze existing treaties and other normative regimes, including the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and the Chemical Weapons and Biological Weapons Conventions, and recommend ways to address the challenges to their effectiveness. Essays in part three examine the shift some states have made away from nonproliferation treaties and regimes toward more forceful and proactive policies of counterproliferation, such as the Proliferation Security Initiative, which coordinates efforts to search and seize suspect shipments of WMD-related materials.

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About the Author

Nathan E. Busch (Editor)
NATHAN E. BUSCH is an associate professor of political science at Christopher Newport University and author of No End in Sight: The Continuing Menace of Nuclear Proliferation.

Daniel H. Joyner (Editor)
DANIEL H. JOYNER is an associate professor at the University of Alabama Law School and editor of Non-proliferation Export Controls: Origins, Challenges, and Proposals for Strengthening.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0820332216
• ISBN 13: 9780820332215
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416
• Editor: Busch Nathan E., Joyner Daniel H.