The theory and practice of arms control seemed to have its
heyday during the height of the Cold War, with its focus on the
East-West conflict and nuclear arms. In the past twenty years, both
arms technologies and various practices aimed at their control have
continued to develop, but scholarly thinking has not kept up. This
volume seeks to redress this scholarly neglect of the range of
issues associated with the control of the means of violence, by
asking the question: what does arms control mean in the 21st
Century?
In asking this question, the volume examines issues surrounding
sovereignty, geopolitics, nuclear disarmament, securitization of
space, technological developments, human rights, the clearance of
landmines, the regulation of small arms and the control of the
black market for arms and nuclear secrets. The book discusses
terrorism with reference to the case of the suicide attacks in
Beirut in 1983 and how the Obama administration is orientating its
posture on nuclear arms.
This book was published as a special issue of Contemporary
Security Policy.
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