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The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction has continued to give cause for concern even after the ending of the Cold War. This book analyzes how the prospects for proliferation have changed in the 1990s, particularly in light of the Gulf War and the UN inspections of Iraq. It examines the new pattern of incentives and disincentives for proliferation, the utility of these weapons at state and sub-state levels and their implications for arms control and international security. About the Author Edward M. Spiers is Professor of Strategic Studies at Leeds University. Far from producing a new era of peace, tranquillity and respect for international law, the ending of the Cold War has fuelled fresh concerns about the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. These anxieties mounted both during and after the Gulf War, and were compounded by the revelations of the UN inspectors in Iraq and the belated Russian admission that scientists in the former Soviet Union had been engaged in a covert biological weapons programme for some twenty years. This book examines the changing pattern both of incentives and of disincentives for such proliferation, including the utility of these weapon

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Author

Edward M. Spiers

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan Limited

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9786519993279

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Political Science, Military, History