In addressing the totality of issues connected to the new
arms control and nonproliferation agenda, the authors have written a work that is a masterpiece of comprehensiveness, concision, and lucidity.
Arms Control, International Security and the Changing Threat
During most of the Carter Administration, nuclear
arms control policies "at key junctures" were "affected by the pressure of anti-nuclear public opinion and by its organizational expression, the anti-nuclear movement." Had the movement been stronger, he argues, "substantially more might have been accomplished."
From the Limited Test Ban Treaty of 1963 to the astonishing summit at Reykjavik in 1986,
arms control treaties and talks gave the Cold War some of its most dramatic moments.
Forrest Wailer argues persuasively that a transformation of strategic nuclear
arms control will enable this enterprise to play a continuing role in US-Russian relations and elsewhere to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons.
previously held several rounds of talks on
arms control and strategic matters after Pakistan conducted nuclear tests in May 1998.
The purpose of this article is to assess
arms control and disarmament in South Africa since the end of the Cold War.
Bush spoke of a new approach on
arms control based on trust and not requiring "endless hours of arms-control discussions".
There is much hand-wringing in the
arms control trenches these days over the role and future of
arms control in U.S.
The traditional
arms control process of negotiating legally binding treaties that both codify numerical parity and contain extensive verification measures has reached an impasse and outlived its utility.
Existing precedents in
arms control treaties are either of the "strong red light" or "strong green light" types.
MOSCOW (AA): Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Monday warned against dire consequences if a strategic
arms control treaty with the U.S.
On August 2, Washington officially exited from the
arms control treaty after accusing Moscow of violating the agreement's terms by building a missile.
Guterres noted that "in the current deteriorating international security environment, previously-agreed
arms control and disarmament agreements are increasingly under threat".
"The Secretary-General emphasizes the need to avoid destabilizing developments and urgently seek agreement on a new common path for international
arms control", the statement said.
