Countering the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction: NATO and EU Options in the Mediterranean and the Middle East

by Dokos; Thanos P.

• ISBN13: 9780714684994
• ISBN10: 0714684996
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2009-12-21
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

As counter-proliferation is expected to become the central element in the new national security policy of the US, counter-proliferation actions will constitute a central element of every major international conflict in the first decades of the 21st century. This book assesses the accuracy of predictions and perceptions about a possible military threat from the Southern Mediterranean world, the impact of such a threat on NATO's political and military posture and the Alliance's options for dealing with the problem.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	p. viii
Introduction	p. 1
The emerging security environment in the Mediterranean and the Middle East	p. 6
Recent developments in arms control and non-proliferation	p. 19
Assessing the proliferation threat	p. 27
WMD terrorism	p. 59
WMD capabilities of selected countries in the Mediterranean and the Middle East	p. 73
WMD proliferation: threats and challenges to Western security and NATO's response	p. 90
Basic principles of US counterproliferation strategy	p. 111
The EU's response to WMD proliferation	p. 121
Conclusions	p. 128
Glossary	p. 135
Notes	p. 137
Bibliography	p. 209
Index	p. 227
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