National Policy, Goals and Objectives after Chemical Disarmament

Abstract

Since World War I, the United States has been in the forefront of peacekeeping nations in trying to ban the use of lethal weapons. Today, negotiations for a bilateral and multilateral Chemical Weapons Convention banning the development, production and use of chemical weapons and eliminating all stocks globally are closer to success than anytime in the past. In light of the ongoing negotiations on chemical disarmament, this paper reexamines current U.S. policy statements, elaborates on the full spectrum of possible threats, and enumerates U.S. vulnerabilities in light of the foregoing threat analysis. Keywords: National policy, Goals and objectives, Chemical disarmament, Government, Political science, U.S. chemical weapons policy, Security, Peacekeeping nation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 02, 1990
Accession Number
ADA223345

Entities

People

  • Robert G. Fahl

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Air Force
  • Arms Control
  • Arms Control Treaties
  • Artillery Ammunition
  • Biological Warfare
  • Chemical Warfare
  • Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Chemical Weapons
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Fire Control Systems
  • National Security
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • Ussr
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation and International Security
  • Systems Analysis and Design