NATO's Weapons of Mass Destruction Initiative: Achievement and Challenges

Abstract

This thesis analyzes the Weapons of Mass Destruction Initiative (WMDI) taken by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in April 1999. The analysis considers the achievements of the WMDI as well as the obstacles and challenges the Alliance faces in countering WMD threats. For over a decade, the Alliance has been concerned about the threats posed by biological, chemical, nuclear, and radiological weapons. In 1994, NATO established the Senior Political-Military Group on Proliferation and the Senior Defense Group on Proliferation to implement alliance policy on WMD proliferation. Through the WMDI, NATO enhanced its efforts to address these threats through the establishment of a WMD Center at NATO Headquarters in Brussels to facilitate dialogue and coordination relating to threat assessment, and to develop responses to such threats. At the Prague Summit in November 2002 the Allies made firmer commitments to develop capabilities to respond to WMD threats. The new measures include the Prague Capabilities Commitment and the NATO Response Force.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA418530

Entities

People

  • Iliana P. Bravo

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arms Control
  • Chemical Weapons
  • Civil Defense
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Defense Planning
  • Fissile Materials
  • Governments
  • Information Exchange
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • National Security
  • Nato
  • Threat Evaluation
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • Warfare
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

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