Global Threat Reduction

Squassoni, Sharon Woolf, Amy F

ISBN 10: 1600210805 / ISBN 13: 9781600210808

Edité par NOVA SCIENCE PUBLISHERS INC (10/2006), 2006

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Synopsis :

Non-proliferation assistance programs are a relatively new tool in combating the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. The Co-operative Threat Reduction (CTR) programs, funded by the Department of Defense (DOD), are the most visible of these programs. Begun in 1991, CTR initially aimed to help Russia meet its START obligations to reduce strategic nuclear weapons; 1. Within a decade, however, CTR took on the goal of reducing the threat of terrorist access to weapons of mass destruction (WMD); 2. Experts realised that Russia needed to protect its Cold War overhang of WMD materials, scientists, and equipment from those who might exploit insider opportunities and who had incentives (particularly financial) to sell WMD technology to anyone. Now, however, many analysts support expanding co-operative threat reduction programs beyond Russia to other geographic areas. The Bush Administration itself stated in early 2003, that it had 'expanded the strategic focus of the CTR program' to support the war on terrorism. This book surveys options for applying CTR programs to states that pose a WMD and terrorism threat.

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Titre : Global Threat Reduction
Éditeur : NOVA SCIENCE PUBLISHERS INC (10/2006)
Date d'édition : 2006
Reliure : Couverture souple
Etat : Used: Like New