This book examines the strategic implications of Iran's nuclear programme, providing an inventory of the negotiations and a discussion of possible solutions to this pressing international security issue. The Islamic Republic of Iran's nuclear programme has been the cause of one of the most extended international crises of the past decade. Multilateral institutions have been unable to resolve the issue, which has the potential to derail the global nuclear non-proliferation regime. Recent failures of diplomatic offers for an extended Iran-EU cooperation and projected US arms sales to Iran's neighbours suggest an imminent escalation of the issue, which has been simmering since first reports about Iranian nuclear fuel-enrichment activities emerged in 2002. Since then, the topic has been the subject of intense media coverage as well as academic and diplomatic debate. This volume brings together analysts and authors with diverse backgrounds, including international diplomats formerly involved in negotiations with Iranian officials. The various chapters bring together different perspectives and empirical analyses, and include detailed assessments of both US and European efforts in diplomatic relations with Iran, as well as of the domestic politics in Iran itself. This book will be of interest to students of Iranian politics, Middle Eastern politics, strategic studies, nuclear proliferation, international security, foreign policy and IR in general.

This book examines the effectiveness of multilateralism in ensuring collective security and, in particular, the EU's role in this process. In 1992, shortly after the end of the Cold War, a Security Council Summit in New York reaffirmed the salience of the system of collective security and stated the determination of the Heads of State to maintain it as the prime international instrument for preserving peace. Twenty years later, however, the record of collective security as well as of multilateralism has not been very encouraging. The system of collective security, as enshrined in the United Nations (UN) Charter, failed repeatedly to accomplish its mandate in the 1990s and has led to controversial debates in the United States and Europe that reached a climax during the Iraq crisis in 2002/03. The volume draws upon both theoretical and empirical research to answer the following core questions: What are the reasons that have made multilateralism either effective or ineffective in the field of peacekeeping, peace preservation and peacebuilding? How can multilateralism be made more effective? How can attempts made by Europe to render UN multilateralism in the security area more efficient be assessed? This book will be of much interest to students of peacebuilding/peacekeeping, EU policy, the UN, security studies and IR in general.

This book examines the strategic implications of Iran's nuclear programme, providing an inventory of the negotiations and a discussion of possible solutions to this pressing international security issue. The Islamic Republic of Iran's nuclear programme has been the cause of one of the most extended international crises of the past decade. Multilateral institutions have been unable to resolve the issue, which has the potential to derail the global nuclear non-proliferation regime. Recent failures of diplomatic offers for an extended Iran-EU cooperation and projected US arms sales to Iran's neighbours suggest an imminent escalation of the issue, which has been simmering since first reports about Iranian nuclear fuel-enrichment activities emerged in 2002. Since then, the topic has been the subject of intense media coverage as well as academic and diplomatic debate. This volume brings together analysts and authors with diverse backgrounds, including international diplomats formerly involved in negotiations with Iranian officials. The various chapters bring together different perspectives and empirical analyses, and include detailed assessments of both US and European efforts in diplomatic relations with Iran, as well as of the domestic politics in Iran itself. This book will be of interest to students of Iranian politics, Middle Eastern politics, strategic studies, nuclear proliferation, international security, foreign policy and IR in general.

This new handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the issues facing naval strategy and security in the twenty-first century. Featuring contributions from some of the world's premier researchers and practitioners in the field of naval strategy and security, this handbook covers naval security issues in diverse regions of the world, from the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean to the Arctic and the piracy-prone waters off East Africa's coast. It outlines major policy challenges arising from competing claims, transnational organized crime and maritime terrorism, and details national and alliance reactions to these problems. While this volume provides detailed analyses on operational, judicial, and legislative consequences that contemporary maritime security threats pose, it also places a specific emphasis on naval strategy. With a public very much focused on the softer constabulary roles naval forces play (such as humanitarian assistance, disaster relief, naval diplomacy, maintenance of good order at sea), the overarching hard-power role of navies has been pushed into the background. In fact, navies and seapower have been notably absent from many recent academic discussions and deliberations of maritime security. This handbook provides a much-desired addition to the literature for researchers and analysts in the social sciences on the relationship between security policy and military means on, under, and from the sea. It comprehensively explains the state of naval security in this maritime century and the role of naval forces in it. This book will be of much interest to students of naval security and naval strategy, security studies and IR, as well as practitioners in the field.

The region encompassing Afghanistan and Pakistan (Af/Pak region) is undergoing a fundamental strategic change. This book analyses the nature of this strategic change, in ordre to seek possible future scenarios and to examine policy options. It also undertakes a critical review of the basic elements of the Western strategic approach towards dealing with regional conflicts in all parts of the world, with special emphasis on the Af/Pak region. Dealing with the political developments i one of the most volatile regions in the world - Afghanistan and Pakistan - the volume focuses on Western strategic concerns. The withdrawal of ISAF by 2014 will change the overall political setting and the work addresses the challenges that will result for Western policymakers thereafter. It examines the cases of Afghanistan and Pakistan separately, and also looks at the broader region and tries to identify different outcomes. This book will be of much interest to students of Central and South Asian politics, strategic studies, foreign policy and security studies generally.

The region encompassing Afghanistan and Pakistan (Af/Pak region) is undergoing a fundamental strategic change. This book analyses the nature of this strategic change, in ordre to seek possible future scenarios and to examine policy options. It also undertakes a critical review of the basic elements of the Western strategic approach towards dealing with regional conflicts in all parts of the world, with special emphasis on the Af/Pak region. Dealing with the political developments i one of the most volatile regions in the world - Afghanistan and Pakistan - the volume focuses on Western strategic concerns. The withdrawal of ISAF by 2014 will change the overall political setting and the work addresses the challenges that will result for Western policymakers thereafter. It examines the cases of Afghanistan and Pakistan separately, and also looks at the broader region and tries to identify different outcomes. This book will be of much interest to students of Central and South Asian politics, strategic studies, foreign policy and security studies generally.

This study is an attempt to examine the political, military and technical issues as well as the opportunities and pitfalls associated with conventional arms control in Europe, providing a short outline of the developments that have led to the renewed interest in conventional arms control since 1985.

This study is an attempt to examine the political, military and technical issues as well as the opportunities and pitfalls associated with conventional arms control in Europe, providing a short outline of the developments that have led to the renewed interest in conventional arms control since 1985.

This book examines the effectiveness of multilateralism in ensuring collective security and, in particular, the EU's role in this process. In 1992, shortly after the end of the Cold War, a Security Council Summit in New York reaffirmed the salience of the system of collective security and stated the determination of the Heads of State to maintain it as the prime international instrument for preserving peace. Twenty years later, however, the record of collective security as well as of multilateralism has not been very encouraging. The system of collective security, as enshrined in the United Nations (UN) Charter, failed repeatedly to accomplish its mandate in the 1990s and has led to controversial debates in the United States and Europe that reached a climax during the Iraq crisis in 2002/03. The volume draws upon both theoretical and empirical research to answer the following core questions: What are the reasons that have made multilateralism either effective or ineffective in the field of peacekeeping, peace preservation and peacebuilding? How can multilateralism be made more effective? How can attempts made by Europe to render UN multilateralism in the security area more efficient be assessed? This book will be of much interest to students of peacebuilding/peacekeeping, EU policy, the UN, security studies and IR in general.

This new handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the issues facing naval strategy and security in the twenty-first century. Featuring contributions from some of the world's premier researchers and practitioners in the field of naval strategy and security, this handbook covers naval security issues in diverse regions of the world, from the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean to the Arctic and the piracy-prone waters off East Africa's coast. It outlines major policy challenges arising from competing claims, transnational organized crime and maritime terrorism, and details national and alliance reactions to these problems. While this volume provides detailed analyses on operational, judicial, and legislative consequences that contemporary maritime security threats pose, it also places a specific emphasis on naval strategy. With a public very much focused on the softer constabulary roles naval forces play (such as humanitarian assistance, disaster relief, naval diplomacy, maintenance of good order at sea), the overarching hard-power role of navies has been pushed into the background. In fact, navies and seapower have been notably absent from many recent academic discussions and deliberations of maritime security. This handbook provides a much-desired addition to the literature for researchers and analysts in the social sciences on the relationship between security policy and military means on, under, and from the sea. It comprehensively explains the state of naval security in this maritime century and the role of naval forces in it. This book will be of much interest to students of naval security and naval strategy, security studies and IR, as well as practitioners in the field.

Die Proliferation von Massenvernichtungswaffen wird im heutigen politischen Alltagsgebrauch oft und gerne als eines jener neuen Risiken beschrieben, welches in die gleiche Kategorie gehort wie Drogenschmuggel, Migration, Umweltprobleme etc. Damit ist - politisch gesehen - mehr oder weniger implizit vorgegeben, dass dies alles Themen sind, die hochspezialisiert und Gegenstand von Expertenberatungen sind und bleiben sollen. Das vorliegende Buch stellt den Versuch dar, den Nachweis des Gegenteils anzutreten. Aus dem Inhalt: Die Entwicklung von Nichtverbreitungsregimen fur Massenvernichtungswaffen und Raketen. - Dimensionen, Ursachen und Risiken der Proliferation von Massenvernichtungswaffen. - Instrumente der Rustungskontrolle in der Nichtverbreitungspolitik. - Perspektiven der internationalen diplomatischen Bemuhungen um die Verhutung, Begrenzung oder Ruckgangigmachung von Proliferation. - Die Rolle militarischer Mittel bei den internationalen Bemuhungen um Kontrolle, Eindammung oder Ruckgangigmachung von Proliferation. - Der Strukturwandel der Nichtverbreitung: Folgen fur die deutsche Aussen- und Sicherheitspolitik."

Warum beteiligt sich Deutschland an internationalen Militareinsatzen? Die gewachsene internationale Verantwortung Deutschlands wird immer wieder herangezogen, um diese Beteiligung zu erklaren. Mit der Beteiligung Deutschlands an den Operationen der NATO gegen die Bundesrepublik Jugoslawien ging ein Abschnitt in der deutschen Nachkriegsgeschichte zu Ende. Erstmals war die Bundeswehr an einem Kampfeinsatz beteiligt. Diese Studie untersucht ausgehend von diesem Einsatz die Grunde fur die Beteiligung Deutschlands an den Einsatzen in Mazedonien, in Afghanistan und im Kongo. Dazu untersucht die Studie den Entscheidungsprozess auf nationaler wie auf internationaler Ebene und ordnet ihn vor dem Hintergrund der Theorien der internationalen Beziehungen ein.

Ethnische Konflikte sind weltweit die haufigste Ursache fur bewaffnete Auseinandersetzungen. Der Versuch, diese Konflikte friedlich zu regeln, stellt die betroffenen Staaten vor eine besondere Herausforderung. Vor diesem Hintergrund verfolgt die Studie das Ziel, allgemeine und spezifische Handlungsempfehlungen zur Regelung derartiger Konflikte zu entwickeln. Hierzu werden anhand des Vergleichs von drei Fallstudien interne Wirkungszusammenhange analysiert und diejenigen Faktoren identifiziert, die in besonderem Masse zu einer hohen Konfliktintensitat beitragen. Die Identifizierung und Analyse dieser Faktoren lassen letztlich Ruckschlusse auf Moeglichkeiten einer gewaltfreien Konfliktregelung zu. Angesichts des weiten Spektrums von Einflussfaktoren stellt sich jedoch die Frage, ob im Einzelfall den breiten Moeglichkeiten institutioneller Konfliktregelungen nicht auch gewisse Grenzen gesetzt sind.

Innerhalb eines langerfristig angelegten, von der Otto Wolff von Amerongen-Stiftung geforderten Projekts beschaftigt sich die Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Auswartige Politik (DGAP) mit den Ausgangsbedingungen, Herausforderungen, Interessen und Strategien sowie den Institutionen und Ressourcen einer zukunftigen Deutschen Aussenpolitik. Im dritten Band untersuchen ausgewiesene Experten die Interessen, Ziele und Strategien in den wichtigsten Betatigungsfeldern deutscher Aussenpolitik. Aus dem Inhalt: Einleitung Essay: Deutsche Interessen Internationale Kooperation: Deutschland und die Europaische Union: Integration und Erweiterung. Deutschland und die EU als Teil der trilateralen Welt: Nordamerika, Westeuropa, Japan. Deutschland und die Weltwirtschaft. Kooperative Sicherheitspolitik. Deutschland und die UNO. Beitrag zu multinationalen Aktionen. Bilaterale Beziehungen: USA. Frankreich. Grossbritannien. Russland. Polen. China. Japan. Indien. Regionale Schwerpunkte: Osteuropa. Der Balkan. Naher und Mittlerer Osten, Nordafrika. Asien/Pazifik. Schwarzafrika. Lateinamerika. Globale Gestaltungsaufgaben: Entwicklungspolitik. Demographie- und Migrationspolitik. Umweltpolitik. Nichtverbreitungspolitik. Interantionale Kriminalitat."