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A Multilateral Approach to Curbing Proliferation of Weapons Know-How

A Multilateral Approach to Curbing Proliferation of Weapons Know-How Global Governance 2 (1996), 25-42 A Multilateral Approach to Curbing Proliferation of Weapons Know-How Glenn E. Schweitzer arrowl focused, special purpose international organizations are N playing an increasingly important role in enhancing global security when the limitation and containment of weapons of mass destruc­ tion and their delivery systems are at stake. The governments with the greatest interest in preventing proliferation of advanced weaponry do not believe that the existing international organizations have appropriate mem­ bership structures and suitable operation al experiences to assume some of the newly emerging regulatory and program responsibilities in the field of nonproliferation. Two recent examples of new organizations in the inter­ national security arena are the International Science and Technology Center, which is the subject of this article, and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, which has been scheduled to begin op­ erations in 1996. The Genesis of a New International Organization Responding to Threats of a Weapons Brain Drain from Russia In the wake of the failed Moscow coup of August 1991, an increasing number of reports reached the West about Middle Eastern countries ap­ proaching Russian institutions in search of nuclear, chemical, biological, rocket, and related technologies that would http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations Brill

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Copyright © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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1075-2846
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10.1163/19426720-002-01-90000003
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Global Governance 2 (1996), 25-42 A Multilateral Approach to Curbing Proliferation of Weapons Know-How Glenn E. Schweitzer arrowl focused, special purpose international organizations are N playing an increasingly important role in enhancing global security when the limitation and containment of weapons of mass destruc­ tion and their delivery systems are at stake. The governments with the greatest interest in preventing proliferation of advanced weaponry do not believe that the existing international organizations have appropriate mem­ bership structures and suitable operation al experiences to assume some of the newly emerging regulatory and program responsibilities in the field of nonproliferation. Two recent examples of new organizations in the inter­ national security arena are the International Science and Technology Center, which is the subject of this article, and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, which has been scheduled to begin op­ erations in 1996. The Genesis of a New International Organization Responding to Threats of a Weapons Brain Drain from Russia In the wake of the failed Moscow coup of August 1991, an increasing number of reports reached the West about Middle Eastern countries ap­ proaching Russian institutions in search of nuclear, chemical, biological, rocket, and related technologies that would

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Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations – Brill

Published: Jul 19, 1996

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