Societal Verification

Societal Verification
Author: Dieter Deiseroth
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 58
Release: 2010-03-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 3837065820

Societal Verification has been discussed for decades under different names, like "inspection by the people" and "social monitoring". Although there is no agreed legal definition, societal verification connotes the involvement of civil society in monitoring national compliance with, and overall implementation of, international treaties or agreements. In contrast to official verification organisations and agencies employing professional experts, societal verification may involve the whole society or groups within it. There are two main forms of societal verification: (1) citizen reporting, which relies upon members of civil society (journalists, NGOs, think tanks, universities, mass media), and (2) whistleblowing by insiders (scientists, technicians, employees, others) working in the relevant disciplines, departments or industries who are encouraged and willing to report to the public or to the national or international verification regime regarding violations of the respective treaty of which they have become aware.

Nuclear Non-proliferation and Arms Control Verification

Nuclear Non-proliferation and Arms Control Verification
Author: Irmgard Niemeyer
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 449
Release: 2020-03-12
Genre: Law
ISBN: 3030295370

This book strives to take stock of current achievements and existing challenges in nuclear verification, identify the available information and gaps that can act as drivers for exploring new approaches to verification strategies and technologies. With the practical application of the systems concept to nuclear disarmament scenarios and other, non-nuclear verification fields, it investigates, where greater transparency and confidence could be achieved in pursuit of new national or international nonproliferation and arms reduction efforts. A final discussion looks at how, in the absence of formal government-to-government negotiations, experts can take practical steps to advance the technical development of these concepts.

Cultivating Confidence

Cultivating Confidence
Author: Corey Hinderstein
Publisher: Hoover Press
Total Pages: 345
Release: 2013-09-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0817912061

Ten expert contributors present a blueprint for actions future government leaders will need to guide policy making to reduce nuclear dangers. The authors identify the key technical, political, and diplomatic challenges associated with verifying, monitoring, and enforcing a world free of nuclear weapons and provide potential solutions to those challenges.

Social Science Research

Social Science Research
Author: Anol Bhattacherjee
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2012-04-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9781475146127

This book is designed to introduce doctoral and graduate students to the process of conducting scientific research in the social sciences, business, education, public health, and related disciplines. It is a one-stop, comprehensive, and compact source for foundational concepts in behavioral research, and can serve as a stand-alone text or as a supplement to research readings in any doctoral seminar or research methods class. This book is currently used as a research text at universities on six continents and will shortly be available in nine different languages.

Assessing the Threat of Weapons of Mass Destruction

Assessing the Threat of Weapons of Mass Destruction
Author: John L. Finney
Publisher: IOS Press
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2010
Genre: History
ISBN: 1607500841

This is a collection of papers delivered at the NATO Advanced Research Workshop of the same name, which examined the role of independent scientists inassessing WMD threat. Such threat assessment has a profound impact on the policies of governments and international organizations. With papers coveringtopics ranging from policy making to chemical and biological weapons, nuclear threats and breaking the threat or counter threat cycle, this book illuminates an area of vital importance to the security and stability of relations between states, and the maintenance of internationally agreed norms.

Nuclear Weapons

Nuclear Weapons
Author: Joseph Rotblat
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 299
Release: 2021-11-28
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 042972134X

This volume of essays, a map of the road to zero, gives the reader a primer on the current state of nuclear disarmament, provides an up-to-date argument for the merits of a nuclear-weapon-free world, and outlines the steps needed to attain that goal. Its editor is Joseph Rotblat, the 1995 Nobel Peace Prize winner. The volume assesses recent efforts by scholars, military leaders, and political figures in advocating the elimination of nuclear weapons. It brings to focus the major dilemmas of disarmament, including verification, nuclear theft, and diplomatic and security issues; and argues for why these obstacles must be overcome. Finally, a comprehensive review of the steps needed to achieve a nuclear-weapon-free world is presented. }Over the past decade the concept of a world free of all nuclear weapons has transformed from a fanciful dream to a subject of serious study and action. Will it be possible for the international community to agree not simply to reduce the number of nuclear weapons to low levels, but to reduce it to zero? This volume of essays, a map of the road to zero, gives the reader a primer on the current state of nuclear disarmament, provides an up-to-date argument for the merits of a nuclear-weapon-free world, and outlines the steps needed to attain that goal. Its editor is Joseph Rotblat, the 1995 Nobel Peace Prize winner. The volume assesses recent efforts by scholars, military leaders, and political figures to advocate the elimination of nuclear weapons. It brings to focus the major dilemmas of disarmament, including verification, nuclear theft, and diplomatic and security issues; and argues for why these obstacles must be overcome. Finally, a comprehensive review of the steps needed to achieve a nuclear-weapon-free world is presented.

Banning Weapons of Mass Destruction

Banning Weapons of Mass Destruction
Author: Frederick Mattis
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 142
Release: 2009-03-20
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0313365393

The threat of weapons of mass destruction is still viable, and unless proper motions are made to prohibit this, global safety is still at risk. Prior arms control agreements have moved humanity within striking distance of global prohibition, yet these weapons of mass destruction remain. This enlightening work discusses original principles for a treaty banning nuclear and chem-bio weapons worldwide. Mattis argues that a proposed new nuclear treaty, replacing today's inadequate 1968 Non-Proliferation Treaty, would demand unanimous accession by States which must be achieved before such a treaty enters into force. By asking essential questions, and offering value-creative proposals for nuclear treaty provisions, this work offers a clear path to the daylight of worldwide weapons of mass destruction prohibition. Not only is global safety threatened by the use of nuclear and chem-bio weapons, but more inclusively, today, society is at risk of nuclear weapons being stolen or acquired by terrorists for purposes of destruction. This risk lends to a necessary treaty that would require down-blending of highly enriched uranium to low-enriched uranium to eliminate this prospect. The heart of this work is its delineation of necessary elements for a nuclear ban treaty that addresses inevitable concerns of all States, especially today's nine nuclear weapon States. Mattis addresses 17 major proposed treaty provisions that include: how to suitably ascertain "unanimous accession" by states to a nuclear ban treaty (unanimity being a condition for entry into force); requirement that states be signatories to the current chemical and biological weapons bans [CWC/BWC] prior to signing a nuclear ban treaty; "non-withdrawal" by states from the treaty once it is in effect; necessary and new verification elements for banning nuclear weapons; the establishment, via nuclear ban provision, of "non-withdrawal" from the CWC and BWC. By asking essential questions, and offering illuminating proposals for nuclear ban treaty provisions, the work offers a path to a safer future through worldwide prohibition of weapons of mass destruction.

A Nuclear-weapon-free World

A Nuclear-weapon-free World
Author: Joseph Rotblat
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 285
Release: 2019-03-13
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0429711018

The world total of some 50,000 nuclear warheads is beginning to fall off sharply. It should be well below 10,000 by the year 2000. Should the ultimate target be zero? The idea of a nuclear-weapon-free world (NWFW) was put back on the world agenda by President Gorbachev in 1986. President Reagan also had a vision of a world without nuclear weapons.

Publications Combined: The Role of Social Media in Crisis - Data Collection By The Public And Private Sectors As A Strategic Asset And To Prevent Terrorism

Publications Combined: The Role of Social Media in Crisis - Data Collection By The Public And Private Sectors As A Strategic Asset And To Prevent Terrorism
Author:
Publisher: Jeffrey Frank Jones
Total Pages: 1835
Release: 2018-09-07
Genre:
ISBN:

Over 1,800 total pages ... Included publications: Social Media and the Policy-Making Process a Traditional Novel Interaction Social Media Principles Applied to Critical Infrastructure Information Sharing Trolling New Media: Violent Extremist Groups Recruiting Through Social Media An Initial Look at the Utility of Social Media as a Foreign Policy Tool Indicators of Suicide Found on Social Networks: Phase 1 Validating the FOCUS Model Through an Analysis of Identity Fragmentation in Nigerian Social Media Providing Focus via a Social Media Exploitation Strategy Assessing the Use of Social Media in a Revolutionary Environment Social Media Integration into State-Operated Fusion Centers and Local Law Enforcement: Potential Uses and Challenges Using Social Media Tools to Enhance Tacit Knowledge Sharing Within the USMC Social Media: Strategic Asset or Operational Vulnerability? Tweeting Napoleon and Friending Clausewitz: Social Media and the Military Strategist The U.S. Military and Social Media Balancing Social Media with Operations Security (OPSEC) in the 21st Century Division Level Social Media Understanding Violence Through Social Media The Investigation of Social Media Data Thresholds for Opinion Formation The Impact of Social Media on the Nature of Conflict, and a Commander's Strategy for Social Media Provenance Data in Social Media Conflict Prediction Through Geo-Spatial Interpolation of Radicalization in Syrian Social Media Social Media Effects on Operational Art Assessing the Potential of Societal Verification by Means of New Media Army Social Media: Harnessing the Power of Networked Communications Analysis of Department of Defense Social Media Policy and Its Impact on Operational Security Social Media: Valuable Tools in Today's Operational Environment Conflict Prediction Through Geo-Spatial Interpolation of Radicalization in Syrian Social Media