Preventing the Proliferation of WMDs : Measuring the Success of UN Security Council Resolution 1540

Daniel Salisbury

ISBN 10: 3319722026 / ISBN 13: 9783319722023

Published by Springer International Publishing, 2018

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This edited volume provides a fresh analysis for researcher and practitioners regarding United Nations Security Council resolution 1540, the status of its implementation, and its future by providing an original evaluation of progress in implementation and challenges faced during the resolution's first decade. In doing so, the book will consider the resolution's utility as a non-proliferation tool with a view to identifying what further actions are required for the objectives and goals embodied by UNSCR 1540 to be achieved and sustained. The book progresses by exploring the history of the resolution, implementation trends, implementation from a regional perspective, challenges, and future ways forward. The book appeals to a wide readership of scholars, policymakers, and other stakeholders of the 1540 process.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Preventing the Proliferation of WMDs : Measuring the Success of UN Security Council Resolution 1540
• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3319722026
• ISBN 13: 9783319722023
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 216W x 153H x 14D millimeters 216 millimeters width by 153 millimeters height by 14 millimeters depth
• Weight: 333 grams

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Synopsis

This edited volume provides a fresh analysis for researcher and practitioners regarding United Nations Security Council resolution 1540, the status of its implementation, and its future by providing an original evaluation of progress in implementation and challenges faced during the resolution’s first decade. In doing so, the book will consider the resolution’s utility as a non-proliferation tool with a view to identifying what further actions are required for the objectives and goals embodied by UNSCR 1540 to be achieved and sustained.  The book progresses by exploring the history of the resolution, implementation trends, implementation from a regional perspective, challenges, and future ways forward. The book appeals to a wide readership of scholars, policymakers, and other stakeholders of the 1540 process.

About the Author

Daniel Salisbury is a Fellow at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, USA. Before joining CNS Daniel worked at in the Department of War Studies at King’s College London (KCL), UK on a series of projects on non-proliferation, export controls and nuclear security. 

Ian J. Stewart is a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of War Studies and runs Project Alpha at King's College London, UK. Before joining KCL, Mr Stewart worked for the British Ministry of Defence, where he was an analyst working on issues related to non-proliferation and illicit trade. 

Andrea Viski is a Senior Research Associate at Project Alpha, Department of War Studies, King’s College London, UK, focusing on strategic trade controls and capacity-building. She previously worked for the European Commission and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Sweden. She is the current editor-in-chief of the Strategic Trade Review.