| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 247 pages) |
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Routledge global security studies |
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Routledge global security studies.
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| Contents |
Part 1. Introduction. Introduction / Christopher Daase and Oliver Meier -- Part 2. Is there a paradigm shift in arms control? The changing role of arms control in historical perspective / Alyson J.K. Bailes -- Non-cooperative arms control / Oliver Meier -- Coercion and the informalization of arms control / Christopher Daase -- Part 3. Effectiveness and legitimacy of new arms control instruments. The effectiveness and legitimacy of the use of force to prevent nuclear proliferation / Martin B. Malin -- The role of sanctions in non-proliferation / Michael Brzoska -- The Proliferation Security Initiative : effective multilateralism or "smoke and mirrors"? / Ian Davis -- Part 4. Prospects for a new arms control agenda : diverging views. A non-proliferation (r)evolution : US arms control and non-proliferation policy under Bush and Obama / Caroline Fehl -- A new transatlantic approach? A view from Europe / Gerrard Quille -- Prospects for a new arms control agenda : an Indian perspective / Arundhati Ghose -- Prospects for a new arms control agenda : view from the Middle East / Emily B. Landau -- Part 5. Conclusion. The changing nature of arms control and the role of coercion / Christopher Daase and Oliver Meier |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Arms control -- History -- 21st century
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Security, International -- History -- 21st century
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- Arms Control.
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Arms control
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Security, International
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Meier, Oliver.
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Daase, Christopher.
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| ISBN |
9781136287626 |
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1136287620 |
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9780203113646 |
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0203113640 |
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1299558445 |
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9781299558441 |
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