ABSTRACT

First Published in 2005. How should the 'problem of order' associated with weapons of mass destrcution be understood and addressed today?  Have the problem and its solution been misconceived and misrepresented, as manifested by the problematic aftermath of Iraq War?  Has 9/11 rendered redundant past international ordering strategies, or these still discarded at our own peril? These are questions explored in this Adelphi Paper.

chapter |11 pages

Introduction

chapter Chapter 3|15 pages

The post-Cold War WMD order: two divergent paths

chapter Chapter 4|13 pages

The breakdown of WMD order

chapter Chapter 5|16 pages

The Iraq War and afterwards

chapter |14 pages

Conclusion