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"This edited volume examines the issue of the proliferation of dual-use technology and the efforts of the international community to control these technologies. Efforts to stop the spread of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) increasingly focus on preventing the proliferation and misuse of dual-use technologies: information, materials and equipment that can be easily applied for peaceful and hostile purposes. The threat of terrorist attacks with nuclear, biological or chemical weapons, in particular, makes it necessary to develop a sustainable non-proliferation policy that effectively hinders the misuse of dual-use technologies. In this book, leading non-proliferation experts from industrialised and developing countries reflect on the political, legal and technical obstacles with an aim to finding a better balance between control and cooperation in dual-use technology transfer regulations. This broad approach makes it possible to compare regimes which may be structurally different but are similar in the way they attempt to regulate dual-use technology transfers by balancing controls and cooperative approaches. This book will be of much interest to students of weapons proliferation, arms control, global governance, international organisations and international security"--

"This edited volume examines the issue of the proliferation of dual-use technology and the efforts of the international community to control these technologies. Efforts to stop the spread of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) increasingly focus on preventing the proliferation and misuse of dual-use technologies: information, materials and equipment that can be easily applied for peaceful and hostile purposes. The threat of terrorist attacks with nuclear, biological or chemical weapons, in particular, makes it necessary to develop a sustainable non-proliferation policy that effectively hinders the misuse of dual-use technologies. In this book, leading non-proliferation experts from industrialised and developing countries reflect on the political, legal and technical obstacles with an aim to finding a better balance between control and cooperation in dual-use technology transfer regulations. This broad approach makes it possible to compare regimes which may be structurally different but are similar in the way they attempt to regulate dual-use technology transfers by balancing controls and cooperative approaches. This book will be of much interest to students of weapons proliferation, arms control, global governance, international organisations and international security"--

How the Kremlin deals with accusations that it is responsible for the Novichok attack on Alexei Navalny is a test case for Russia's role within the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). If Moscow changes its policy of deception and takes steps to come clean on its Novichok program, the West should proactively create the diplomatic elbow room necessary for Russia to realign itself with the CWC. In the end, the international community must receive verifiable assurances that the Russian Novichok program has been completely dismantled.

Mit dem drohenden Ende des Vertrags über das Verbot landgestützter Mittelstreckenwaffen (Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, INF) rückt die Frage stärker in den Vordergrund, wie der Aufrüstung bei dieser Waffenkategorie begegnet werden kann. Es ist nicht zu erkennen, dass auf den Ruinen des INF-Vertrags eine Vereinbarung entsteht, die eine größere geografische Reichweite hat oder einen breiteren Verbotstatbestand enthält als das Abkommen selbst. Jenseits des noch bestehenden Verbots landgestützter Raketen mit einer Reichweite von 500 bis 5500 Kilometern wird es daher wohl zunächst darauf ankommen, einen unkontrollierten Rüstungswettlauf in Europa zu verhindern und der Verbreitung von Mittelstreckenwaffen in weitere Staaten entgegenzuwirken. Politische Bemühungen sollten sich zudem auf die Verlängerung des New-START-Vertrags und auf ein Verbot besonders destabilisierender Waffensysteme wie etwa nuklearer Marschflugkörper konzentrieren. Europa könnte auch versuchen, vertrauens- und sicherheitsbildende Maßnahmen zwischen der Nato und Russland anzustoßen.