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Preventing black market trade in nuclear technology /
Every nuclear weapons program for decades has relied extensively on illicit imports of nuclear-related technologies. This book offers the most detailed public account of how states procure what they need to build nuclear weapons, what is currently being done to stop them, and how global efforts to p...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom :
Cambridge University Press,
2018.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; List of Contributors; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: The Problem of Black-Market Nuclear Technology Networks; Illicit Nuclear Trade in a Globalizing World; A Potent Example: The A.Q. Khan Network; Why Study Illicit Nuclear Trade?; Continuing Questions and a Plan of the Book; Pathways to Acquiring Nuclear Weapons-Related Technologies; Sources and Limits; 2 The World of Illicit Nuclear Trade: Present and Future; Countries Likely to Use Illicit Trade; Smuggling Methods in Nuclear and Nuclear-Related Commodities.
- Structure of Illicit Nuclear Trade NetworksThe China Problem; Future Situation; Suppliers of the Future; Smuggling Efforts are Detectable; Conclusion; 3 The Role of Intelligence in Countering Illicit Nuclear-Related Procurement; Roles and Responsibilities; Identifying Aspirants, Mechanisms, and Agents; Identifying and Monitoring Suspicious Activity; Providing Intelligence to Support Operations; Covert Action; Monitoring Compliance; Lessons from Past Cases; Provide Information Specific and Reliable Enough to Act on; Secure Policymaker Support; Search for ''Usual Suspects''
- Look First in the Usual PlacesHave the Patience for a Sustained Application of Resources; Overcome the Obstacles to International Cooperation; Include a Broad Range of Expertise; Recent Efforts to Implement Lessons Learned; How Intelligence Supports and Conflicts with Other Counter-proliferation Activities; Monitoring Compliance; Observing and Acting; Protecting and Sharing Information; Enhancing the Ability of Intelligence to Detect and Disrupt Proliferation Networks; Empower the National Counterproliferation Center (NCPC) and Expand its Mandate.
- Clarify and Share Information on Counter-proliferation Missions and CapabilitiesEnhance Information-Sharing; Make Greater Use of Standing and Special-Purpose Teams; Identify and Monitor Critical Nodes; Partner With All Who Are Willing to Join the Effort; Expand International Cooperation; Cultivate and Utilize Expertise; Looking to the Future; 4 Strengthening the Global Law-Enforcement Response; Sources of Legal Authority
- Domestic Law; Laws of General Applicability; Export-Control Laws; Laws Imposing Sanctions on Suspect Programs; Laws Imposing Economic Sanctions on Some Proliferant States.