Repairing the Regime

by Cirincione,Joseph

• ISBN13: 9780415925969
• ISBN10: 0415925967
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2000-05-24
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) poses the single greatest threat to the national security of the United States. As Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has noted, "The greatest threat to our society at the moment are the weapons of mass destruction. Those are the weapons that know no boundaries." Yet efforts to stem the spread of these weapons suffered serious setbacks during the past year. Every week brought news of Iranian and North Korean missile tests; of the possible terrorist use of deadly biological and chemical agents; and, most dramatically, of nuclear tests in the deserts and mountains of South Asia. There has never been a better time for a new, comprehensive review of the troubled state of the international non-proliferation regime along with credible solutions for today's most pressing proliferation problems.Repairing the Regime,is just such a book. In early 1999, 450 experts from 17 nations attended the Carnegie International Non-Proliferation Conference inWashington DC, the most important annual gathering in the non-proliferation field. This collection reflects their passionate debates on the key issues, trends, and dilemmas facing all of us today. It provides strong arguments for both marshaling international resources to repair and sustain the global non-proliferation regime and for dealing concretely with the particular security concerns of the nations and regions most affected by contemporary threats.Repairing the Regimelooks at a multitude of strategies for strengthening controls on WMD and increasing security around the world.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Foreword	xi
Jessica Mathews
GLOBAL ASSESSMENT
Historical Overview and Introduction	1	(14)
Joseph Cirincione
The State of the Regime	15	(8)
Jayantha Dhanapala
Post-Cold War Nuclear Challenges	23	(6)
Bill Richardson
Proliferation Challenges	29	(10)
Samuel R. Berger
RUSSIA
The Crisis in Russia's Nuclear Cities	39	(12)
Ken Luongo
Mathew Bunn
Rose Gottemoeller
Lev Ryabev
Deadlock in the Strategic Reductions Process: A Russian Perspective	51	(20)
Alexander A. Pikayev
A Detailed Analysis of the Urgently Needed New Steps to Control Warheads and Fissile Material	71	(56)
Matthew Bunn
ASIA
China's Perspective on Non-Proliferation	127	(6)
Sha Zukang
Nuclear Relations in South Asia	133	(18)
Neil Joeck
Supplement on Fissile Material and Nuclear Weapons in India and Pakistan	147	(4)
David Albright
The Economic Impacts of the Glenn Amendment: Lessons from India and Pakistan	151	(24)
Daniel Morrow
Michael Carriere
THE MIDDLE EAST
Inspecting Iraq	175	(10)
Richard Butler
Iran-Russia Missile Cooperation	185	(10)
Richard Speier
Robert Gallucci
Robbie Sabel
Viktor Mizin
Middle East Arms Control and Regional Security Dilemmas	195	(10)
Benjamin Frankel
Ariel Levite
Khidhir Hamza
Bruce Jentleson
INTERNATIONAL LAW AND AGREEMENTS
Can the Missile Technology Control Regime Be Repaired?	205	(12)
Richard Speier
Chemical and Biological Weapons	217	(16)
Jonathan B. Tucker
Brad Roberts
Elisa Harris
A Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty and the Future of Nuclear Arms Control	233	(14)
Camille Grand
Next Steps in Strategic Reductions	247	(20)
Michael Krepon
Thomas graham Jr.
Bruce Blair
Robert Bell
Alexei Arbatov
Constructing a New Agenda	267	(50)
Darach MacFhionnbhairr
Patricia Lewis
Marina Laker
Luiz F. Machado
APPENDIXES
Appendix I The International Non-Proliferation Regime	283	(10)
Appendix II Principles and Objectives for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament	293	(4)
Appendix III Membership in the Regime	297	(6)
Appendix IV Nuclear Status 1999	303	(3)
Appendix V Estimated Nuclear Stockpiles 1999-2000	306	(1)
Appendix VI Examples of Biological Warfare Agents	307	(5)
Appendix VII Examples of Chemical Warfare Agents	312	(3)
Appendix VIII Acronyms	315	(2)
About the Contributors	317	(2)
About the Editor	319	(2)
Index	321