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From human trafficking to the smuggling of small arms to the looting of antiquities, illicit trade poses significant threats to international order. So why is it so difficult to establish international cooperation against illicit trade? Governing Guns, Preventing Plunder offers a novel, thought-provoking answer to this crucial question. Conventional wisdom holds that criminal groups are the biggest obstacle to efforts to suppress illicit trade. Contrarily, Asif Efrat explains how legitimate actors, such as museums that acquire looted antiquities, seek to hinder these regulatory efforts. Yet such attempts to evade regulation fuel international political conflicts between governments demanding action against illicit trade and others that are reluctant to cooperate. The book offers a framework for understanding the domestic origins of these conflicts and how the distribution of power shapes their outcome. Through this framework, Efrat explains why the interests of governments vary across countries, trades, and time. In a fascinating empirical analysis, he solves a variety of puzzles: Why is the international regulation of small arms much weaker than international drug control? What led the United States and Britain to oppose the efforts against the plunder of antiquities, and why did they ultimately join these efforts? How did American pressure motivate Israel to tackle sex trafficking? Efrat s findings will change the way we think about illicit trade, offering valuable insights to scholars, activists, and policymakers.

SMUGGLING--PREVENTION --- ILLEGAL ARMS TRANSFERS--PREVENTION --- HUMAN TRAFFICKING--PREVENTION --- CLASSICAL ANTIQUITIES THEFTS--PREVENTION --- Smuggling --- Illegal arms transfers --- Human trafficking --- Classical antiquities thefts --- Prevention --- International cooperation

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NUCLEAR MATERIAL DIVERSION--PAKISTAN --- NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION--PAKISTAN --- NUCLEAR WEAPONS--PAKISTAN --- ILLEGAL ARMS TRANSFERS--PAKISTAN

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NUCLEAR MATERIAL DIVERSION--PAKISTAN --- ILLEGAL ARMS TRANSFERS--PAKISTAN --- USA. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

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This book provides a comprehensive account of the mysterious story of Pakistan's attempt to develop nuclear weapons in the face of severe odds. Hassan Abbas profiles the politicians and scientists involved, and the role of China and Saudi Arabia in supporting Pakistan's nuclear infrastructure. Abbas also unravels the motivations behind the Pakistani nuclear physicist Dr A.Q. Khan's involvement in nuclear proliferation in Iran, Libya and North Korea, drawing on extensive interviews. He argues that the origins and evolution of the Khan network were tied to the domestic and international political motivations underlying Pakistan's nuclear weapons project, and that project's organisation, oversight and management. The ties between the making of the Pakistani bomb and the proliferation that then ensued have not yet been fully illuminated or understood, and this book's disclosures have important lessons. The Khan proliferation breach remains of vital importance for understanding how to stop such transfers of sensitive technology in future.Finally, the book examines the prospects for nuclear safety in Pakistan, considering both Pakistan's nuclear control infrastructure and the threat posed by the Taliban and other extremist groups to the country's nuclear assets.

Armes nucléaires --- Non-prolifération nucléaire --- NUCLEAR WEAPONS--PAKISTAN --- NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION--PAKISTAN --- NUCLEAR MATERIAL DIVERSION--PAKISTAN --- ILLEGAL ARMS TRANSFERS--PAKISTAN --- Polemology --- Pakistan

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This book provides a comprehensive assessment of small arms and security-related issues in post-9/11 Afghanistan.

FIREARMS--AFGHANISTAN --- ILLEGAL ARMS TRANSFERS--AFGHANISTAN --- ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT--AFGHANISTAN --- SECURITY SECTOR REFORM--AFGHANISTAN --- Political violence --- Internal security --- Insurgency --- Insurgent attacks --- Rebellions --- Civil war --- Political crimes and offenses --- Revolutions --- Government, Resistance to --- Security, Internal --- Subversive activities --- Violence --- Terrorism