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Weapons of mass destruction --- Deterrence (Strategy) --- Weapons of mass destruction. --- Forecasting. --- United States.
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"This edited volume examines the issue of the proliferation of dual-use technology and the efforts of the international community to control these technologies. Efforts to stop the spread of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) increasingly focus on preventing the proliferation and misuse of dual-use technologies: information, materials and equipment that can be easily applied for peaceful and hostile purposes. The threat of terrorist attacks with nuclear, biological or chemical weapons, in particular, makes it necessary to develop a sustainable non-proliferation policy that effectively hinders the misuse of dual-use technologies. In this book, leading non-proliferation experts from industrialised and developing countries reflect on the political, legal and technical obstacles with an aim to finding a better balance between control and cooperation in dual-use technology transfer regulations. This broad approach makes it possible to compare regimes which may be structurally different but are similar in the way they attempt to regulate dual-use technology transfers by balancing controls and cooperative approaches. This book will be of much interest to students of weapons proliferation, arms control, global governance, international organisations and international security"--
Technology transfer --- Weapons of mass destruction --- International cooperation --- International cooperation
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Weapons of mass destruction --- Deterrence (Strategy) --- Forecasting. --- United States.
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"This book examines the use of concepts - specifically 'weapons of mass destruction' (WMD) - in US foreign policy and national security discourse. Current analysis of WMD definition has made headway into identifying the repercussions that the conceptual conflation of such diverse weapons - typically understood as a reference to nuclear, biological and chemical weapons - has for international security. While the concept assumes these weapons are 'equal', the vast disparity between them, and their disparity from the conventional weapons from which they are supposedly distinct, means this approach is seen as unreflective of reality, causing miscalculations in security policy. Not least, this has highlighted that the issue of WMD definition is a priority concern where this has direct implications for strategy. Weapons of Mass Destruction and US Foreign Policy argues that understanding WMD is not a search for a single interpretation, but one that seeks to comprehend what the concept means at any given time, especially where this relates to the political circumstances of its use. By identifying the different ways in which WMD has been defined, the book constructs a dynamic view of conceptual meaning that recognises and, more importantly explains, the inherent diversity in interpretation as the consequence of epistemic and institutional context. This book will be of much interest to students of Weapons of Mass Destruction, US foreign and security policy, strategic studies and IR"-- "This book examines the use of concepts specifically weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in US foreign policy and national security discourse. Current analysis of WMD definition has made headway into identifying the repercussions that the conceptual conflation of such diverse weapons typically understood as a reference to nuclear, biological and chemical weapons has for international security. While the concept assumes these weapons are equal, the vast disparity between them, and their disparity from the conventional weapons from which they are supposedly distinct, means this approach is seen as unreflective of reality, causing miscalculations in security policy. Not least, this has highlighted that the issue of WMD definition is a priority concern where this has direct implications for strategy. Weapons of Mass Destruction and US Foreign Policy argues that understanding WMD is not a search for a single interpretation, but one that seeks to comprehend what the concept means at any given time, especially where this relates to the political circumstances of its use. By identifying the different ways in which WMD has been defined, the book constructs a dynamic view of conceptual meaning that recognises and, more importantly explains, the inherent diversity in interpretation as the consequence of epistemic and institutional context.This book will be of much interest to students of Weapons of Mass Destruction, US foreign and security policy, strategic studies and IR. "--
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Weapons of mass destruction --- Government policy --- United States. --- Operational readiness. --- U.S. Army --- US Army
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Nuclear weapons --- Nuclear nonproliferation --- Weapons of mass destruction --- Evaluation. --- Government policy --- Iran --- United States --- Foreign relations
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Iraq War, 2003-2011 --- Weapons of mass destruction --- Deception --- Bush, George Walker, - 1946 --- -United States --- Iraq
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Nuclear weapons --- Nuclear nonproliferation --- Weapons of mass destruction --- Evaluation. --- Government policy --- Iran --- United States --- Foreign relations
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