Arms control in the 21st century : between coercion and cooperation / / edited by Oliver Meier and Christopher Daase

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (474 p.)
• Disciplina: 327.1/74
• Soggetto topico: Arms control - History - 21st century; Security, International - History - 21st century
• Altri autori: DaaseChristopher MeierOliver
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figure and tables; List of contributors; Preface; Part I Introduction; 1 Introduction; Part II Is there a paradigm shift in arms control?; 2 The changing role of arms control in historical perspective; 3 Non-cooperative arms control; 4 Coercion and the informalization of arms control; Part III Effectiveness and legitimacy of new arms control instruments; 5 The effectiveness and legitimacy of the use of force to prevent nuclear proliferation; 6 The role of sanctions in non-proliferation ; 7 The Proliferation Security Initiative: effective multilateralism or "smoke and mirrors"?Part IV Prospects for a new arms control agenda - diverging views; 8 A non-proliferation (r)evolution: US arms control and non-proliferation policy under Bush and Obama; 9 A new transatlantic approach? A view from Europe; 10 Prospects for a new arms control agenda: an Indian perspective; 11 Prospects for a new arms control agenda: view from the Middle East; Part V Conclusion; 12 The changing nature of arms control and the role of coercion; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume evaluates the impact of coercive arms control efforts to curb the spread of weapons of mass destruction in the twenty-first century.A new paradigm in arms control is gradually replacing the idea that mutually agreed restrictions on armaments can improve international security. Thus, Hedley Bull's classic definition of arms control as the ""cooperation between antagonistic pairs of states in military affairs"" needs to be amended by a new notion of coercive arms control as the set of non-cooperative and non-reciprocal measures to restrict the weapons or military capabiliti
• Titolo autorizzato: Arms control in the 21st century
• ISBN: 1-136-28762-0; 0-203-11364-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817442303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge global security studies.