Negotiating Environment and Science: An Insider's View of International Agreements, from Driftnets to the Space Station

ISBN-13: 9781933115702 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 194 str.

Richard J. Smith

Opis

Contains the details about some of the complex and politically charged international agreements of the late and immediate post Cold War era. This title covers the negotiations such as the London agreement to amend the Montreal Protocol on Substances that deplete the ozone layer, and the international space station agreement.

O autorze

Richard J. Smith was the principal deputy assistant secretary in the Department of State‘s Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs from 1985 to 1994. Following this, he worked for several years on global issues in the National Intelligence Council (NIC). He has received numerous awards including two presidential honors and the State Department's Distinguished Honor Award, as well as several Superior Honor Awards.