China, arms control, and nonProfiliferation / / Wendy Frieman

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910783607203321
• Autore: Frieman Wendy
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2004
• ISBN: 1-135-99597-4; 1-135-99598-2; 1-280-05128-0; 0-203-79982-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (245 p.)
• Collana: Politics in Asia series
• Disciplina: 327.1/740951
• Soggetti: Arms control - China; Nuclear nonproliferation
• 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; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Nuclear nonproliferation regimes: the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and the International Atomic Energy Agency; The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty; The Biological Weapons Convention; The Chemical Weapons Convention; The Missile Technology Control Regime; The U.N. Register of Conventional Arms; The Convention on Conventional Weapons; China's participation in less formal regimes; China's arms control bureaucracy; Regime costs and benefits; Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: China, Arms Control, and Non-Proliferation is an empirically and conceptually path-breaking book that documents China's participation in international arms control and non-proliferation regimes from 1985 to 2001. The book focuses on the distinction between US expectations of Chinese compliance, which China has not always met, and international standards, against which Chinese performance is acceptable. This will be the standard staple work dealing with China and international arms control and will be invaluable to those dealing with Chinese security studies, foreign policy, internatio