Arms Control and Missile Proliferation in the Middle East

ISBN-13: 9780415601115 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 360 str.

Bernd W. Kubbig

Opis

This edited volume provides a comprehensive, systematic and innovative analysis of the missile threat/proliferation issue in the Middle East.

Recenzje

"This multi-authored book aims at investigating how the level of security in the Middle East and Gulf region can be increased by a step-by-step confidence-building strategy and the creation of a Missile Free Zone (MFZ). The book consists of several articles written by professors and experts in the fields of international security, arms control and Middle East issues. It addresses regional decision-makers and offers a Track II answer to the Gulf's deficits regarding the missile problematique in the security dilemma context." - Elena Cesca, The International Spectator

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Setting the Stage: Decreasing the Security Dilemma by Gradual Missile Reductions  Part 1: Missiles and Their Proliferation as a Threat  2. Lessons from the Arms Control and Regional Security Talks  3. Missiles in the Middle East: Their Destabilizing Role  Part 2: Conditions for a Successful Step-by-Step Approach  4. Taking Overall Military Asymmetries into Account: Objections from the Arab World and Iran  5. Taking Israel’s Security Interests into Account: Deterrence Policy in a Changing Strategic Environment  6. Advancing the Control of Weapons of Mass Destruction: An Incremental Approach  7. From (Potential) Spoilers to Guarantors? The Role of External Powers  8. The Verification Challenge: Concepts, Requirements, and Technologies  9. The Prospects for Disarmament: The Case of Hezbollah  10. Designing Disarmament Strategies: The Case of Hamas  Part 3: Three Milestones towards a Missile Free Zone  11. The Promise of Military Transparency: Building on Past Experiences and the UN Register of Conventional Arms  12. The Missile Technology Control Regime, the Hague Code of Conduct, and Missile Proliferation  13. Caps and Bans: Limiting, Reducing, and Prohibiting Missiles and Missile Defence  14. Conclusion: The Stage Reconsidered: Findings, Concluding Remarks, and Research Perspectives  15. Apendix: The Arsenals of Actors Relevant to a Missile Free Zone in the Middle East/Gulf