Regional Implications of NBC Proliferation

Abstract

Non-proliferation objectives have long been given high priority by the United States, which has taken the lead in establishing international legal norms against the possession and the use of NBC weapons. The 1972 Biological Weapons Convention and as yet unratified 1992 Chemical Weapons Convention are expressions of this effort. The Clinton administration's emphasis on indefinite extension of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) as well as its advocacy of a comprehensive test ban are more recent indications of the desire to prevent proliferation through arms control. Paralleling these regimes, the United States has long sought to promote multilateral export controls for sensitive technologies and materials. The Nuclear Suppliers Group, Australia Group, and Missile Technology Control Regime are prime examples of this effort. The on-going U.S. attempt to transform the Coordinating Committee on Multilateral Export Controls (COCOM) into a non-proliferation export control organization is another example.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA402186

Entities

Organizations

  • National Defense University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arms Control
  • Arms Control Treaties
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Biological Weapons
  • Chemical Weapons
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Export Controls
  • Joint Military Activities
  • Middle East
  • Military Operations
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Research Facilities
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • War
  • War Colleges
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation and International Security
  • Strategic Security Studies