International Cooperation on WMD Nonproliferation /
International efforts to prevent the spread of weapons of mass destruction (WMD)-including nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons-rest upon foundations provided by global treaties such as the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). Over time, however, sta...
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Athens :
University of Georgia Press,
2016.
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Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Résumé: | International efforts to prevent the spread of weapons of mass destruction (WMD)-including nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons-rest upon foundations provided by global treaties such as the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). Over time, however, states have created a number of other mechanisms for organizing international cooperation to promote nonproliferation. Examples range from regional efforts to various worldwide export-control regimes and nuclear security summit meetings initiated by U.S. president Barack Obama. Many of these additional. |
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Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (344 pages). |
ISBN: | 9780820348919 |