ABSTRACT
With the collapse of the USSR, fifteen fledgling sates inherited a massive Soviet arsenal, unstable political systems, and desperate economies. A "sell everything" mentality threatens to result in the largest arms bazaar in human history, and this potential "fire sale" includes weapons of mass destruction. This book addresses the challenges the new independent states (NIS) of the former Soviet Union (FSU) face in controlling and monitoring their sensitive, military-related exports.Dangerous Weapons, Desperate States explores the various theoretical approaches that help explain the development of nonproliferation export control systems in the NIS. The contributors, coming from both the FSU states and the US, provide a broad range of perspectives on the problems posed by the threat of proliferation.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|23 pages
Export Controls, Trade, And Security
part II|75 pages
Export Control Development in the New Independent States
part III|132 pages
Problems and Prospects of Export Control and Curbing The Spread Of Weapons
part IV|7 pages
Conclusion