Cross-cultural Dimensions of Multilateral Non-proliferation and Arms Control Dialogues

Cross-cultural Dimensions of Multilateral Non-proliferation and Arms Control Dialogues
Author: Canada. Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament Division
Publisher: Division
Total Pages: 226
Release: 1997
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

The papers compiled in this report attempt to determine under what conditions and to what extent cultural factors make a difference in the elaboration and execution of non-proliferation, arms control, and disarmament (NACD) policies. They seek to clarify a concept of security cultures that draws upon the diplomatic, political, strategic, and social elements that go into security policy-making. Culture, as it refers to NACD issues, consists of those enduring and widely-shared beliefs, traditions, attitudes, and symbols that inform the ways in which a state's or society's interests and values with respect to security, stability and peace are perceived, articulated, and advanced by political actors and elites. The papers cover a range of states and regions: south-east Asia, China, India, Latin America, and the Middle East. Each examines a range of concrete issues and cases connected with NACD issues, and orientations towards security more generally.

Open Skies

Open Skies
Author: Pál Dunay (OSCE.)
Publisher: UN
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2004
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

The multilateral Open Skies Treaty was signed in 1992 (although it did not enter into force until 2002) and covers all NATO and former Warsaw Treaty members, including the main successor states to the former Soviet Union. The treaty enables states to overfly and observe the territory of one another, as part of the process of verifying and monitoring arms control agreements. As the imagery taken during observation flights is accessible to all parties, the treaty places all members on an equal footing and requires crews of the inspecting and inspected states to work closely together. This publication, based on research carried out during 1995-2000, examines the concept of the Open Skies regime and prospects for its future adaptation, taking into account current international security needs and technological possibilities.

Bibliographie Mensuelle

Bibliographie Mensuelle
Author: United Nations Library (Geneva, Switzerland)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 842
Release: 1997-07
Genre: International relations
ISBN:

Multilateral Diplomacy and the NPT

Multilateral Diplomacy and the NPT
Author: Jayantha Dhanapala
Publisher: United Nations Publications UNIDIR
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2005
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

The author presided over the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review and Extension Conference (NPTREC) in 1995, which decided to extend the treaty indefinitely. The conference also reviewed the performance of the treaty over the 1990-1995 period. This book is an analytical record of a major multilateral conference, involving 175 countries, that succeeded in adopting final decisions without a vote. With the 2005 review taking place in May 2005, amid major concerns over non-adherence to the treaty and non-disclosure by several states, this is a relevant dissection of elements that can lead to successful outcomes in such multilateral conferences.

The Responsibility to Protect

The Responsibility to Protect
Author: International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty
Publisher: IDRC
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2001
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9780889369634

Responsibility to Protect: Research, bibliography, background. Supplementary volume to the Report of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty

The Indo-Pacific: Trump, China, and the New Struggle for Global Mastery

The Indo-Pacific: Trump, China, and the New Struggle for Global Mastery
Author: Richard Javad Heydarian
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 371
Release: 2019-09-25
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9811397996

This book places the presidency of Donald Trump as well as the brewing Sino-American Cold War within the broader historical context of American hegemony in Asia, which traces its roots to Alfred Thayer Mahan’s call for a naval build up in the Pacific, the subsequent colonization of the Philippines and, ultimately, reaching its apotheosis after the defeat of Imperial Japan in the Second World War. The book, drawing on visits from Cairo to California and Perth to Pyongyang as well as interviews and exchanges with heads of state and senior officials from across the Indo-Pacific, provides an overview of the arc of American primacy in the region for scholars, journalists, and concerned citizens.