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The Making of Modern Law: Foreign, Comparative and International
Law, 1600-1926, brings together foreign, comparative, and
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Macmillan Company, 1921viii p., 2 l., 122 cmUnited States
A new approach to nuclear disarmament, nonproliferation, and the
prevention of nuclear terrorism that focuses on controlling the
production and stockpiling of nuclear materials. Achieving nuclear
disarmament, stopping nuclear proliferation, and preventing nuclear
terrorism are among the most critical challenges facing the world
today. Unmaking the Bomb proposes a new approach to reaching these
long-held goals. Rather than considering them as separate issues,
the authors-physicists and experts on nuclear security-argue that
all three of these goals can be understood and realized together if
we focus on the production, stockpiling, and disposal of plutonium
and highly enriched uranium-the fissile materials that are the key
ingredients used to make nuclear weapons. The authors describe the
history, production, national stockpiles, and current military and
civilian uses of plutonium and highly enriched uranium, and propose
policies aimed at reducing and eventually eliminating these fissile
materials worldwide. These include an end to the production of
highly enriched uranium and plutonium for weapons, an end to their
use as reactor fuels, and the verified elimination of all national
stockpiles.
In recent years, it has become increasingly clear to many observers
that the Department of Defense must better communicate to the
officers at the tactical end of the nuclear mission a rationale for
nuclear weapons and deterrence, the critical role that they play in
the post-Cold War strategy of the United States, and the value of
nuclear weapons to the security of the American people. This report
tracks the changing conceptual and political landscape of U.S.
nuclear deterrence to illuminate the gap in prioritizing the
nuclear arsenal and to build a compelling rationale for tactical
personnel explaining the role and value of U.S. nuclear weapons.
The author explains why North Korea, though impoverished,
nevertheless feels compelled to spend enormous amounts of its
scarce resources on developing nuclear bombs and missiles capable
of being delivered to the US, or at least to US allies. To most
Americans this seems slightly bizarre. But Paone's conclusion is
that North Korea is quite rational - it simply wants to DETER the
US from doing the same thing as it did during the Korea War:
killing three to six million Koreans; burning down hundreds of
villages, towns and cities; and leaving behind tens of thousands to
live the rest of their lives without limbs or with napalm deformed
bodies. We in the US may have only vague recollections of the
36,000 Americans killed or the 93,000 wounded in that war; but the
Koreans vividly remember their millions of dead and the countless
deformed survivors. Paone sets forth his explanation primarily
through American military-oriented sources; the diaries of US
Generals; over 200 photos of war scenes taken by US Army and US Air
Force personnel; daily Press Releases from General Douglas
MacArthur's Command in Tokyo and finally American newspaper
accounts.
The decade of the 1990's ushered in an astonishing round of
unilateral and bilateral nuclear arms reduction. While the
dissolution of the Soviet Union has greatly reduced the possibility
of global nuclear war, it has also increased third world
instability, conflict, and proliferation of weapons of mass
destruction. The book begins with a historical look at the role
nuclear weapons have played in U.S. defense policy since 1945,
reviews current unclassified guidance and the spectrum of public
opinion on where the U.S. should be going with its nuclear weapon
programs and then surveys the potential threat of weapons of mass
destruction. The author's recommendations address a broad range of
issues that focus on developing a coherent nuclear strategy.
The volume 40 (Part I) compiles the disarmament resolutions and
decisions of the seventieth session of the General Assembly, the
voting patterns in the General Assembly and the First Committee
report and dates of their adoption.
The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) has been the principal
legal barrier to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons for the past
forty-five years. It promotes the peaceful uses of nuclear
technology and insures, through the application of safeguards
inspections conducted by the International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA), that those technologies are not being diverted toward the
production of nuclear weapons. It is also the only multinational
treaty that obligates the five nuclear weapons states that are
party to the treaty (China, France, Great Britain, Russia, and the
United States) to pursue nuclear disarmament measures.Though there
have been many challenges over the years, most would agree that the
treaty has largely been successful. However, many are concerned
about the continued viability of the NPT. The perceived slow pace
of nuclear disarmament, the interest by some countries to consider
a weapons program while party to the treaty, and the funding and
staffing issues at the IAEA, are all putting considerable strain on
the treaty. This manuscript explores those issues and offers some
possible solutions to ensure that the NPT will survive effectively
for many years to come.
This monograph provides a timely analysis and thoughtful insights
into the challenges faced by the United States in developing a
strategy for North Korea. The author examines the complex history
of U.S. policy toward North Korea over the last decade that has
left the United States in a position of having virtually no
influence over the country. He addresses the complicated regional
concerns and interests of North Korea's neighbors and how these
concerns impact on each of their approaches to North Korea. Most
importantly, he looks at how the North Korean culture and history
have influenced the attitudes of North Korean society and their
relationship with other countries. He concludes by pointing out
that despite the numerous challenges, the United States must
develop a strategy focused on engaging Pyongyang if we expect to
have any influence over the future direction of events in North
Korea.
The emergence of the rockets during the Cold War provided the
United States and the Soviet Union the ability to spy on each other
from space and led to the ballistic missile. The Cold War was the
focus of the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations, and it was
this war that drove initial U.S. space policy and strategy. The
utilization of space quickly expanded beyond the Cold War
protagonists, and unfortunately the domestic and international
framework for developing space policy did not keep up with the
world's utilization of the space domain. From its inception, U.S.
strategy for developing space policy lacked foresight. When it came
to developing space policy, every administration seemed to start
anew. This lack of foresight resulted in short term fixes leading
to long term problems like excessive space debris. The
international community also has challenges. With the number of
countries, consortiums and companies with satellites on orbit, the
international community's governing body for space law and treaties
is the United Nations (U.N.). Unfortunately, the U.N. does not have
the authority, expertise or structure to create and execute
effective space laws and treaties.
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