The Politics of Verification - Couverture rigide

Gallagher, Nancy W.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0801860172 ISBN 13 : 9780801860171

Editeur : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999

Synopsis

An exploration of the causes of verification controversies and the processes through which they are perpetuated or provisionally resolved. By examining nuclear test ban negotiations from the Eisenhower through the Clinton administrations, Gallagher finds that the assumptions about verification that have dominated US policy shape domestic debates in ways that hinder stable agreement on significant test restrictions. She then focuses on the dynamic interconnections between domestic and international politics, and analyzes the slow process of coalition building when conflicting interests and ideas create divisions both among and inside states. Gallagher concludes that the end of the Cold War has altered the arms control context without resolving basic questions about the appropriate amount and type of verification. Thus, the negotiation and ratification of major co-operative accords will continue to be shaped by verification compromises and coalitions.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Nancy W. Gallagher is the Director of the Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland and a Research Professor of Public Policy. In 2000, she was the executive director of the Comprehensive Test BanTreaty Task Force and worked with the special advisor to the president and the secretary of state on recommendations to build bipartisan support for eventual U.S. ratification.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0801860172
• ISBN 13: 9780801860171
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 336
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