Arms Control category: 475 books
Right of Boom
The Aftermath of Nuclear Terrorism
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2015
“[A] seasoned national security professional and gifted writer” offers an in-depth analysis of what might happen after a nuclear attack on US soil (Matthew Kroenig, author of Exporting the Bomb).
In the parlance of disaster preparedness, “right of boom” refers to the terrifying moments...
Treachery
How America's Friends and Foes Are Secretly Arming Our Enemies
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2004
In the stunning New York Times bestseller Treachery, Bill Gertz blows the lid off the dirty dealings of our so-called allies. Gertz’s groundbreaking reporting exposes how France, Germany, Russia, and other “friends” of the United States have armed the world’s most dangerous tyrants and terrorists—putting...
by David M. Blades, Joseph M. Siracusa, Deputy Dean of Global Studies
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
The story of U. S. nuclear testing between 1945 and 1963 is a vivid and exciting one, but also one of profound importance. It is a story of trailblazing scientific progress, weapons of mass destruction, superpower rivalry, accidents, radiological contamination, politics, and diplomacy. The testing...
by Lauren Caston, Robert S. Leonard, Christopher A. Mouton
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
The authors assess alternatives for a next-generation intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) across a broad set of potential characteristics and situations. They use the current Minuteman III as a baseline to develop a framework to characterize alternative classes of ICBMs, assess the survivability...
Lavi
The United States, Israel, and a Controversial Fighter Jet
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2016
The Lavi fighter program, the largest weapons-development effort ever undertaken by the State of Israel, envisioned a new generation of high-performance aircraft. In a controversial strategy, Israel Aircraft Industries intended to develop and manufacture the fighters in Israel with American financial...
Creating Consensus
The Journey Towards Banning Cluster Munitions
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2014
This book analyses the events leading up to the cluster munitions ban, the provisions of the treaty, as well as assesses the progress made in the years since towards a world **without the presence of cluster munitions. **
Cluster bombs are weapons that are small but deadly. They often look...
Negotiating Minefields
The Landmines Ban in American Politics
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Against all odds, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines helped to enact a global treaty banning antipersonnel mines in 1997. For that achievement it was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
In this volume, Leon Sigal shows how a handful of NGOs with almost no mass base got more than 100 countries...
by Micah Zenko
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
What comes after the New START treaty? A follow-on treaty should limit the U.S. and Russia to 1,000 strategic and tactical nuclear weapons, says this CFR report.
European Union Sanctions and Foreign Policy
When and Why do they Work?
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2012
Winner of the THESEUS promising award for Research on European Integration 2011.
Sanctions are an important tool within the foreign policy of the European Union, which have until now remained obscure to both scholars and the general public. This book examines sanctions as a political tool of...
North Korea, International Law and the Dual Crises
Narrative and Constructive Engagement
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2015
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has a reputation as one of the worst human rights situations in the world. This book utilizes a unique international law perspective to examine the actions and inactions of North Korea with regard to international security and human rights.
Adopting...
by Mr Jayadeva Ranade
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017
The book examines how since his appointment to China’s three top posts – simultaneously for the first time in 30 years – Xi Jinping has deftly used ideology and nationalism to accumulate power and ensure the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s legitimacy and monopoly on power. Xi Jinping has imposed...
Project Atom
A Competitive Strategies Approach to Defining U.S. Nuclear Strategy and Posture for 2025–2050
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2015
Project Atom is a forward-looking, “blue-sky” review of U.S. nuclear strategy and posture in a 2025-2050 world in which nuclear weapons are still necessary. The report highlights and addresses the current deficit in national security attention paid to the continued relevance and importance of...
An International History of the Cuban Missile Crisis
A 50-year retrospective
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2014
This edited volume addresses the main lessons and legacies of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis from a global perspective.
Despite the discoveries of recent research, there is still much more to be revealed about the handling of nuclear weapons before and during the Cuban Missile Crisis (CMC)....
Hacking the Bomb
Cyber Threats and Nuclear Weapons
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2018
Are nuclear arsenals safe from cyber-attack? Could terrorists launch a nuclear weapon through hacking? Are we standing at the edge of a major technological challenge to global nuclear order? These are among the many pressing security questions addressed in Andrew Futter’s ground-breaking study of...