Political Science : Arms Control

This volume includes a representative selection of Sidney Drell's recent writings and speeches (circa 1993 to the present) on public policy issues with substantial scientific components. Most of the writings deal with national security, nuclear weapons, and arms control and reflect the author’s personal involvement in such issues dating back to 1960. Fifteen years after the demise of the Soviet Union, the gravest danger presented by nuclear weapons is the spread of advanced technology that may result in the proliferation of nuclear weapons. Of most concern would be their acquisition by hostile governments and terrorists who are unconstrained by accepted norms of civilized behavior. The current challenges are to prevent this from happening and, at the same time, to pursue aggressively the opportunity to escape from an outdated nuclear deterrence trap. more...

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The Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention entirely prohibits biological warfare, but it has no effective verification mechanism to ensure that the 140-plus States Parties are living up to their obligations. From 1995-2001 the States Parties attempted to negotiate a Protocol to the Convention to remedy this deficiency. On 25 July 2001 the United States entirely rejected the final text which would probably have been acceptable to most other states. The book investigates how this disaster came about, and the potential consequences of the failure of American leadership. more...

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Examines the emergence of international norms to govern the spread of small arms, and the extent to which these norms have been established in the policies and practices of states, regions and international organizations. more...

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The Office of Nonproliferation Research and Engineering conducts wide-ranging research for diverse end users at the federal and local level. This work suggests promising methods to enable the Office to serve its users' needs while justifying its budget. more...

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Few Americans understand why the United Nations functions the way it does, and why it seems so ineffectual in facing catastrophes like those in the former Yugoslavia, East Timor, and Palestine/Israel. The author traces its weaknesses to its founding, and more...

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