1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779264003321

Titolo

Arms control : history, theory, and policy / / Robert E. Williams Jr. and Paul R. Viotti, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Barbara, CA, : Praeger, 2012

Santa Barbara, Calif. : , : Praeger, , 2012

ISBN

979-82-16-04932-6

1-280-77947-0

9786613689863

0-275-99821-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (2 volumes) : illustrations

Collana

Praeger security international

Disciplina

327.1/74

Soggetti

Arms control

Arms control - History

Security, International

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Arms Control; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Part I: An Introduction to Arms Control; Part I: Weapons of Mass Destruction; 1 Introduction: Arms Control's Third Era; 1 Arms Control: Biological and Chemical Weapons; 2 A Template for Understanding Arms Control; 3 Elements of a General Theory of Arms Control; 4 Arms Control and International Law; Part II: Philosophical Foundations; 5 The Philosophical Underpinnings of Arms Control; 6 Creative Spirit: The Self as a Force for Human Survival; 7 Deterrence, Nonproliferation, and Disarmament: The Nuclear Conundrum

Part III: Arms Control and the Social Sciences8 Arms Control in the Human Security Paradigm; 9 Conflict Resolution; 10 Anthropology and Arms Control; 11 Approaches to Arms Control Simulations: A Primer on Game Theory, Agent-Based Modeling, and Landscape Dynamics; Part IV: Arms Control and NGOs; 12 NGOs, Social Movements, and Arms Control; 13 NGOs and Arms Control Processes; Part V: Arms Control-Historical Perspectives; 14 Arms Control and Nuclear Weapons; 15 Strategic Arms Control since World War II; 16 The Perils of Arms



Control: The Lessons of Naval Arms Limitation during the Interwar Years

17 The Convention on Cluster Munitions18 The Control of Landmines and Other Explosive Remnants of War; Appendix: Biographical Sketches; Bertha von Suttner; Woodrow Wilson; Nicholas II; Bertrand Russell; J. Robert Oppenheimer; Thomas C. Schelling; Andrei Sakharov; Hedley Bull; Helen Caldicott; Mohamed ElBaradei; Randall Forsberg; Jody Williams; Mikhail Gorbachev; Index; About the Contributors; Arms Control; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; 2 Nuclear Proliferation; 3 Rethinking Our Nuclear Weapons Proliferation Threats and Solutions

4 Nuclear Arms Control, Nonproliferation, and Missile Defenses5 Conventional and Nuclear Weapons Proliferation in East Asia; 6 Tactical Nuclear Weapons in Europe: A Further Step in the Arms Control Agenda?; 7 Conventional Arms Control in the Context of European Security; 8 Arms Control and European Security during the Cold War; 9 Israel, Iran, and the Arms Control Paradox in the Middle East; 10 A History of the Iranian Nuclear Program; Part II: Advanced Technologies-Outer Space and Cyberspace; 11 Keeping a Lid on Space Weaponization: The Prospects for an Arms Control Regime in Space

12 Dilemmas of Arms Control and CybersecurityAppendix: Arms Control Treaties; Chemical and Biological Weapons; Geneva Protocol against Using Chemical and Bacteriological Weapons: 1925; Biological Weapons Convention (BWC): 1972; Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC): 1993; Nuclear Weapons Treaties; Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT): 1968; Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty: 1987; Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I): 1991; Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty II (START II): 1993 and 1997; Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT): 1996

Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT): 2002

Sommario/riassunto

Set against a backdrop of terrorism, rogue states, non-conventional warfare, and deteriorating diplomacy, this encyclopedia offers a comprehensive, multidisciplinary, up-to-date reference on the recent history and contemporary practice of arms control and nonproliferation.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910136708703321

Autore

Caceres Carlos

Titolo

U.S. Monetary Policy Normalization and Global Interest Rates / / Carlos Caceres, Yan Carriere-Swallow, Ishak Demir, Bertrand Gruss

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2016

ISBN

9781475543063

1475543069

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (47 pages) : illustrations, tables

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

Carriere-SwallowYan

DemirIshak

GrussBertrand

Disciplina

332.4973

Soggetti

Monetary policy - United States

Interest rates - United States

Business cycles - United States

Banks and Banking

Foreign Exchange

Macroeconomics

Estimation

Simulation Methods

Business Fluctuations

Cycles

Interest Rates: Determination, Term Structure, and Effects

Money and Interest Rates: Forecasting and Simulation

Monetary Policy

Central Banks and Their Policies

International Business Cycles

Banks

Depository Institutions

Micro Finance Institutions

Mortgages

Externalities

Finance

Currency

Foreign exchange

Banking

Long term interest rates

Yield curve

Short term interest rates



Exchange rate flexibility

Financial services

Spillovers

Financial sector policy and analysis

Interest rates

Banks and banking

International finance

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

As the Federal Reserve continues to normalize its monetary policy, this paper studies the impact  of U.S. interest rates on rates in other countries. We find a modest but nontrivial pass-through  from U.S. to domestic short-term interest rates on average. We show that, to a large extent, this comovement  reflects synchronized business cycles. However, there is important heterogeneity across  countries, and we find evidence of limited monetary autonomy in some cases. The co-movement  of longer term interest rates is larger and more pervasive. We distinguish between U.S. interest  rate movements that surprise markets versus those that are anticipated, and find that most  countries receive greater spillovers from the former. We also distinguish between movements in  the U.S. term premium and the expected path of risk-free rates, concluding that countries respond  differently to these shocks. Finally, we explore the determinants of monetary autonomy and find  strong evidence for the role of exchange rate flexibility, capital account openness, but also for  other factors, such as dollarization of financial system liabilities, and the credibility of fiscal and  monetary policy.