Countering the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction: NATO and EU Options in the Mediterranean and the Middle East [1 ed.] 0714656062, 9780714656069, 9780203336205

As counter-profileration is expected to become the central element in the new national security policy of the US, such a

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Table of contents :
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 6
Copyright......Page 7
Contents......Page 8
Illustrations......Page 9
Introduction......Page 10
1 The emerging security environment in the Mediterranean and the Middle East......Page 15
2 Recent developments in arms control and non-proliferation......Page 28
3 Assessing the proliferation threat......Page 36
4 WMD terrorism......Page 68
5 WMD capabilities of selected countries in the Mediterranean and the Middle East......Page 82
6 WMD proliferation: Threats and challenges to Western security and NATO’s response......Page 99
7 Basic principles of US counterproliferation strategy......Page 120
8 The EU’s response to WMD proliferation......Page 130
Conclusions......Page 137
Glossary......Page 144
Notes......Page 146
Bibliography......Page 218
Index......Page 236

Countering the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction: NATO and EU Options in the Mediterranean and the Middle East [1 ed.]
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