Arms Control in the 21st Century: Between Coercion and Cooperation

by Meier; Oliver

• ISBN13: 9780415698177
• ISBN10: 0415698170
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-06-21
• Publisher: Routledge

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 emerging, gradually replacing or at least amending the old idea that mutually agreed restrictions on armaments can improve international security. This new paradigm relies on coercion rather than cooperation, suspicion rather than trust, inequality rather than reciprocity. Hence, the definition of arms control as the Scooperation between antagonistic pairs of states in the military field provided by Hedley Bull needs to be amended by a definition of coercive arms control as a set of non-cooperative and non-reciprocal measures to restrict the weaponry of certain states or classes of states. The focus of this book is the relationship between cooperative and non-cooperative approaches, the role of military instruments, the importance of international law as a basis for non-proliferation responses, as well as novel institutional developments and new answers to deal with breaches of arms control obligations. The effectiveness of coercive arms control is assessed on a more empirical level by examining the contribution of specific counter-proliferation tools, such as sanctions and military interventions. While some argue that new instruments can complete and strengthen traditional, multilateral and inclusive arms control regimes, others maintain that conflicts and contradictions between coercive and cooperative arms control regimes will severely limit their effectiveness. This volume provides a forum for academics and practitioners from around the globe to discuss these developments in depth and to assess the specific strengths and weaknesses of these new instruments of arms control. This book will be of much interest to students of arms control, global governance, foreign policy and IR/Security Studies in general.

Table of Contents

List of figure and tables	p. ix
List of contributors	p. x
Preface	p. xii
Introduction	p. 1
Introduction	p. 3
Is there a paradigm shift in arms control?	p. 13
The changing role of arms control in historical perspective	p. 15
Non-cooperative arms control	p. 39
Coercion and the informalization of arms control	p. 67
Effectiveness and legitimacy of new arms control instruments	p. 79
The effectiveness and legitimacy of the use of force to prevent nuclear proliferation	p. 81
The role of sanctions in non-proliferation	p. 123
The Proliferation Security Initiative: effective multilateralism or "smoke and mirrors"?	p. 146
Prospects for a new arms control agenda û diverging views	p. 167
A non-proliferation (Revolution: US arms control and non-proliferation policy under Bush and Obama	p. 169
A new transadantic approach? A view from Europe	p. 190
Prospects for a new arms control agenda: an Indian perspective	p. 208
Prospects for a new arms control agenda: view from the Middle East	p. 220
Conclusion	p. 231
The changing nature of arms control and the role of coercion	p. 233
Index	p. 242
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