International cooperation on WMD nonproliferation / / edited by Jeffrey W. Knopf

• Pubblicazione: Athens : , : University of Georgia Press, , [2016]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (350 p.)
• Disciplina: 327.1/745
• Soggetto topico: Nuclear nonproliferation; National security; Security, International
• Persona (resp. second.): KnopfJeffrey W.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Preface; List of Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE. International Cooperation on Nonproliferation: The Growth and Diversity of Cooperative Efforts; CHAPTER TWO. The Multilateral Export Control Regimes: Informality Begets Collaboration; CHAPTER THREE. Nuclear Nonproliferation via Coercion and Consensus: The Success and Limits of the RERTR Program (1978-2004); CHAPTER FOUR. Implementing Nonproliferation Programs: The Cooperative Threat Reduction Process in the Former Soviet Union; CHAPTER FIVE. The G8 Global Partnership: A Glass Half Full ; CHAPTER SIX. The Proliferation Security Initiative: The Achievements and Limits of an Informal Approach to CooperationCHAPTER SEVEN. UN Security Council Resolution 1540: Origins, Status, and Future Prospects; CHAPTER EIGHT. Formal and Informal Mechanisms for Countering Nuclear Terrorism: The ICSANT and the GICNT; CHAPTER NINE. The Nuclear Security Summit Experiment: Has It Been a Catalyst for Action?; CHAPTER TEN. Cooperating Regionally, Denuclearizing Globally: Multilateral Nuclear-Weapon-Free-Zone Initiatives ; CHAPTER ELEVEN. Bilateral Cooperation on Nonproliferation: The Role of an Epistemic Community in Argentina and Brazil's Creation of a Joint Safeguards ArrangementCHAPTER TWELVE. Understanding the "Proliferation" of Nuclear Cooperation: An Alternative Theoretical Framework and Its Implications for Regional Efforts; CHAPTER THIRTEEN. European and P5 Responses to Iran's Nuclear Program; CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Conclusions; Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: <div><P>International efforts to prevent the spread of weapons of mass destruction (WMD)-including nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons-rest upon foundations provided by global treaties such as the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). Over time, however, states have created a number of other mechanisms for organizing international cooperation to promote nonproliferation. Examples range from regional efforts to various worldwide export-control regimes and nuclear security summit meetings initiated by U.S. president Barack Obama. Many of these ad
• Titolo autorizzato: International cooperation on WMD nonproliferation
• ISBN: 0-8203-4891-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821024203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in Security and International Affairs