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1 online resource (39 pages) |
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In this report, we propose an innovative, 'whole-of-society' approach to bridging the security/development divide in the Middle East that would leverage donor investments in both security assistance and development assistance, so as to ensure recipient state buy-in and an enduring return on investment. UN Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004) is one tool that could be used to this end. Using 1540, governments of the region could, for instance, identify novel streams of assistance, both technical and financial, to address capacity shortfalls in pursuit of safe nuclear power generation. Such a strategy would accelerate energy-diversification options and respond directly to the enduring challenge of water scarcity, while solidifying their participation as responsible members of the global nonproliferation community. Similarly, enduring economic and security threats to national governments resulting from the undetected trafficking of drugs, dual-use items, and other contraband; the unchecked movement of terrorist or insurgent groups; and the illicit laundering of money call for many of the same responses necessary to fully implement UNSCR 1540. Targeted assistance to less wealthy governments designed to strengthen government capacity to inspect and interdict unauthorized transfers within and across borders, to develop legal and regulatory standards on trafficking, to build legal capacity, or to provide inspection equipment and training at key 'choke points' would go far in ameliorating immediate national security challenges prioritized by regional governments, while reinforcing the rigor of the global nonproliferation regime. In short, this 'dual-use' assistance model would not only promote global nonproliferation, it would address directly the critical security and downstream development concerns of Middle Eastern governments |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 31-39) |
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Title from cover screen (viewed December 27, 2010) |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web |
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System requirements: Adobe Reader |
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Security, International -- Middle East
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Nuclear nonproliferation -- Middle East -- International cooperation
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Economic assistance -- Middle East
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Economic assistance.
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Nuclear nonproliferation -- International cooperation.
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Security, International.
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Middle East.
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Electronic book
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Bergenas, Johan
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Tessler, Veronica
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Henry L. Stimson Center.
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Stanley Foundation.
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