Arms Control

In recent years, non-governmental organisations and other members of civil society have had an ever greater impact on the international agenda. Four delegates from Australia, Costa Rica, Japan, and Mexico, and who worked at the United Nations, share...

The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) Occasional Papers is a series of ad hoc publications presenting, in edited form, papers or statements made at meetings, symposiums, seminars, workshops or lectures that deal with topical issues in...

Frustrated by the abrogation of promises by nuclear weapons states to disarm, countries that have foregone nuclear weapons joined forces with key members of civil society in efforts that culminated in the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons...

The United Nations Disarmament Yearbook, Volume 43 (Part I): 2019 is a compilation of the resolutions and decisions of the previous General Assembly, their voting patterns in the General Assembly and the First Committee, lead sponsors, sponsors and...

The United Nations Disarmament Yearbook, volume 42 (Part II): 2017, with a foreword by the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, summarizes developments and trends in 2017 on key issues of multilateral consideration at the international and...

Armed separatist insurgencies have created a real dilemma for many national governments of how much freedom to grant aggrieved minorities without releasing territorial sovereignty over the nation state. This book examines different approaches that have...

The United Nations Disarmament Yearbook, Volume 43 (Part II): 2018, with a foreword by the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, summarizes developments and trends in 2018 on key issues of multilateral consideration at the international and...

Recent revelations about Iraqi and Soviet biological programmes and highly publicized events such as the deployment of anthrax and botulinum by the Aum Shinrikyo sect in Japan have made clear the necessity for addressing the issues of biological warfare...

An examination of the effectiveness of material incentives in negotiating arms agreements. It asks whether or not it is sensible to buy co-operation from critical states and explores various cases of nuclear non-proliferation diplomacy, including...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781685859848Author Jeffrey A. LarsenFormat HardbackPage Count 330Imprint Lynne Rienner PublishersPublisher Lynne Rienner Publishers

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...

Nuclear-armed adversaries India and Pakistan have fought three wars since their creation as sovereign states in 1947. They went to the brink of a fourth in 2001 following an attack on the Indian parliament, which the Indian government blamed on the...

This is the first book-length study of why states sometimes ignore, oppose, or undermine elements of the nuclear nonproliferation regime-even as they formally support it. Anchored by the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, the nuclear...

Recent discoveries in psychology and neuroscience have improved our understanding of why our decision making processes fail to match standard social science assumptions about rationality. As researchers such as Daniel Kahneman, Amos Tversky, and Richard...

This volume comprehensively covers a range of issues related to dynamic norm change in the current major international arms control regimes related to nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons; small arms and light weapons; cluster munitions; and...

Diplomats at official meetings, struggling to reduce military confrontation while they preserve the security of their countries, often feel inhibited in offering new ideas since their words are taken as representative of their government's position. On...

When Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel invented dynamite in 1867, he never could have predicted the unprecedented devastation that would occur as a result of his discovery. History suggests that the existence of a weapon leads to its eventual use in war, as...

Given the Obama administration's recent reset policy put in place with regard to its Russia policy, a closer look into the Kremlin's arms sales practices could prove critical for anyone attempting to decipher Moscow's foreign policy ambitions. In...

An extensive system of export controls has been used for decades to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. For some time the goal was primarily to contain Soviet power, but recent world events - including the breakup of the Soviet...

It is no secret that the language of politics is as highly suggestive as it is subjective: foreign relations are accompanied by a changing array of names and images. In Images and Arms Control, Keith Shimko takes a close look at the Reagan...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788170492504Author Al. J. VenterFormat HardbackImprint Manas PublicationsPublisher Manas Publications

This is the first book-length study of why states sometimes ignore, oppose, or undermine elements of the nuclear nonproliferation regime-even as they formally support it. Anchored by the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, the nuclear...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853037576Author Keith HamiltonFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdPublisher Vallentine Mitchell & Co...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780851246970Author Kenneth CoatesFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint Spokesman BooksPublisher Spokesman Books

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780920057032Author Dimitrios RoussopoulosFormat HardbackPage Count 299Imprint Black Rose BooksPublisher Black Rose Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780850362886Author E. P. ThompsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint The Merlin Press LtdPublisher The Merlin Press Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781564321213Author 1215 AfricaFormat PaperbackPage Count 119Imprint Human Rights WatchPublisher Human Rights WatchWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780900384196Author Vernon RichardsFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Freedom PressPublisher Freedom Press

In a world where the Cold War has ended, at least for the time being, arms control has leapt to the forefront of critical issues. Nuclear weapons become smaller by the day and are then able to be carried in a briefcase. Knowledge of how to use doomsday...

This book is an interpretive analysis of transatlantic security relations from the preparation of the North Atlantic Treaty to the Obama administration. In "Permanent Alliance?" Stanley R. Sloan discusses the global trends that are changing the...

In November 1983, Soviet nuclear forces went on high alert when intelligence reported alarming activity on US bases. In response, the Soviets planned for a nuclear strike by NATO on Eastern Europe. And then Able Archer 83, a vast NATO war game exercise,...

The British defence industry is facing greater problems and a more uncertain future than at any time since the 1920s. This concise and accessible title presents an overview of the challenges facing the defence industry and provides a robust and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780851244051Author Ken CoatesFormat HardbackPage Count 211Imprint Spokesman BooksPublisher Spokesman BooksWeight(grams) 140g

The contemporary nuclear landscape is rife with challenges. Stagnated progress in disarmament, widespread modernization plans, and emergent proliferation pathways are contributing to the risk of catastrophe. Meanwhile, global nuclear order appears more...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780986289552Author Henry D SokolskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 150Imprint Nonproliferation Policy Education CenterPublisher Nonproliferation Policy Education...

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Do Americans care what foreigners think about the United States? This book makes the case that they should. In these pages, Jorge Castaneda writes from his unique vantage point as a former Foreign Minister of Mexico who has lived, studied, and worked in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143457701Author Mohamed ZeeshanFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint PenguinPublisher Penguin Random House IndiaWeight(grams) 135g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780876095324Author Gideon RoseFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint Council on Foreign RelationsPublisher Council on Foreign RelationsWeight(grams)...