LEADER 05137oam 2200793 a 450 001 9910969009303321 005 20081030153802.0 010 $a9798400616402 010 $a9786612294952 010 $a9781282294950 010 $a1282294954 010 $a9780313365393 010 $a0313365393 024 7 $a10.5040/9798400616402 035 $a(CKB)1000000000816743 035 $a(OCoLC)317885868 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10331629 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000289619 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11205560 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000289619 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10386543 035 $a(PQKB)11090456 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL2040088 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10331629 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL229495 035 $a(OCoLC)816326206 035 $a(OCoLC)267055789 035 $a(DLC)ABC0313365393 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2040088 035 $a(DLC)BP0313365385BC 035 $a(DLC)BP9798400616402BC 035 $a(Perlego)4168947 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000816743 100 $a20081030e20092023 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBanning weapons of mass destruction /$fFrederick N. Mattis 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aWestport, Conn. :$cPraeger Security International,$d2009. 210 2$aNew York :$cBloomsbury Publishing (US),$d2023. 215 $a1 online resource (142 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780313365386 311 08$a0313365385 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe landscape of nuclear weapons -- Partial measures-de-alerting and no first use -- Nuclear ban entry into force -- Should withdrawal be permitted? -- Verification, disposition of HEU, and "reprocessing" -- Problematic states -- Weapons elimination -- Superseding today's non-proliferation treaty -- Prior prohibition of chemical and biological weapons -- "Reservations" -- Countering near-earth objects -- Societal verification -- Other matters. 330 8 $aThe threat of weapons of mass destruction is still viable, and unless proper motions are made to prohibit this, global safety is still at risk. Prior arms control agreements have moved humanity within striking distance of global prohibition, yet these weapons of mass destruction remain. This enlightening work discusses original principles for a treaty banning nuclear and chem-bio weapons worldwide. Mattis argues that a proposed new nuclear treaty, replacing today's inadequate 1968 Non-Proliferation Treaty, would demand unanimous accession by States which must be achieved before such a treaty enters into force. By asking essential questions, and offering value-creative proposals for nuclear treaty provisions, this work offers a clear path to the daylight of worldwide weapons of mass destruction prohibition. Not only is global safety threatened by the use of nuclear and chem-bio weapons, but more inclusively, today, society is at risk of nuclear weapons being stolen or acquired by terrorists for purposes of destruction. This risk lends to a necessary treaty that would require down-blending of highly enriched uranium to low-enriched uranium to eliminate this prospect. The heart of this work is its delineation of necessary elements for a nuclear ban treaty that addresses inevitable concerns of all States, especially today's nine nuclear weapon States. Mattis addresses 17 major proposed treaty provisions that include: how to suitably ascertain "unanimous accession" by states to a nuclear ban treaty (unanimity being a condition for entry into force); requirement that states be signatories to the current chemical and biological weapons bans [CWC/BWC] prior to signing a nuclear ban treaty; "non-withdrawal" by states from the treaty once it is in effect; necessary and new verification elements for banning nuclear weapons; the establishment, via nuclear ban provision, of "non-withdrawal" from the CWC and BWC. By asking essential questions, and offering illuminating proposals for nuclear ban treaty provisions, the work offers a path to a safer future through worldwide prohibition of weapons of mass destruction. 606 $aNuclear arms control$xInternational cooperation 606 $aNuclear disarmament$xInternational cooperation 606 $aNuclear nonproliferation$xIntenational cooperation 606 $aNuclear weapons$xGovernment policy 606 $aWeapons of mass destruction$xGovernment policy 615 0$aNuclear arms control$xInternational cooperation. 615 0$aNuclear disarmament$xInternational cooperation. 615 0$aNuclear nonproliferation$xIntenational cooperation. 615 0$aNuclear weapons$xGovernment policy. 615 0$aWeapons of mass destruction$xGovernment policy. 676 $a327.1/745 700 $aMattis$b Frederick N.$f1951-$01798227 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910969009303321 996 $aBanning weapons of mass destruction$94340878 997 $aUNINA