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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781195503321

Autore

Terzuolo Eric R

Titolo

Nato and weapons of mass destruction [[electronic resource] ] : regional alliance, global threats / / Eric Terzuolo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2006

ISBN

1-134-18099-3

1-282-59587-3

9786612595875

0-203-96395-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Collana

Contemporary security studies

Disciplina

327.1745

Soggetti

Weapons of mass destruction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; 1 A NEW COGNIZANCE OF THE WMD THREAT; 2 THE WASHINGTON SUMMIT INITIATIVE ON WMD; 3 FROM 11 SEPTEMBER TO THE PRAGUE SUMMIT; 4 NATO AND THE IRAQ INTERVENTION; 5 NATO'S FUTURE IN AN AGE OF NEW THREATS; NOTES; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

NATO was hugely successful in facing off the Soviet Union during the Cold War. But has it been equally successful in addressing the ""new threats"" of the post-Cold War era? This new study assesses the organization's political and military initiatives, and how its outreach to Russia, Ukraine, and other countries in the Euro-Atlantic and Mediterranean regions, devoted considerable attention to WMD proliferation risks. It also probes the political factors, both inside and outside NATO, as well as resource constraints, which have limited the alliance's ""added value"" in the inte