Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction - The Future of International Nonproliferation Policy

Informationen zum Autor Nathan E. Busch is an associate professor of political science at Christopher Newport University and author of No End in Sight: The Continuing Menace of Nuclear Proliferation. Daniel H. Joyner is an associate professor at the University of Alabama Law School and editor of Non-proliferation Export Controls: Origins! Challenges! and Proposals for Strengthening. Klappentext The spread of weapons of mass destruction poses one of the greatest threats to international peace and security in modern times. This volume examines challenges faced by the international community and proposes directions for national and international policy making and lawmaking. Zusammenfassung The spread of weapons of mass destruction poses one of the greatest threats to international peace and security in modern times. This volume examines challenges faced by the international community and proposes directions for national and international policy making and lawmaking.

Summary

Experts in nonproliferation studies examine challenges faced by the international community and propose directions for international policy making. Essays analyze existing treaties, including the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and the Chemical Weapons and Biological Weapons Conventions, and recommend ways to address their effectiveness.

Product details

• Authors: Nathan E. (EDT)/ Joyner Busch
• Assisted by: Nathan E. Busch (Editor), Daniel H. Joyner (Editor)
• Publisher: The University of Georgia Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.01.2009
• EAN: 9780820330105
• ISBN: 978-0-8203-3010-5
• No. of pages: 360
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 241 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Studies in Security and Intern; Studies in Security and Intern; Studies in Security and International Affairs
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education