From nonproliferation to antiproliferation

Journal Article · · International Security; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2307/2539035· OSTI ID:5860724

Roberts, B ^[1]

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1. The Washington Quarterly, Washington, DC (United States)

A term better suited to the post-Cold War era is [open quotes]antiproliferation,[close quotes] a concept incorporating the traditional nonproliferation agenda as well as new elements responding to the political and military implications of the proliferation process itself. This article sketches out this new strategy. It begins with a redefinition of the proliferation problem as it exists in the 1990s by examining the increasing salience of non-nuclear weapons, technologies, and capabilities. A discussion of factors conditioning the pace and character of future proliferation follows, and the implications of these trends for the likelihood of conflict are assessed. This analysis is necessarily speculative, given the vulnerability of these trends to choices made by policymakers and to catalytic events that redefine perceptions. But is nonetheless reveals the inherently ambiguous but ultimately significant impact of such proliferation on the sources of order and disorder in the international system. The essay concludes with the delineation of an antiproliferation agenda combining political, economic, and military elements in an integrated strategy.

• OSTI ID: 5860724
• Journal Information: International Security; (United States), Journal Name: International Security; (United States) Vol. 18:1; ISSN INTSDR; ISSN 0162-2889
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

350200* -- Arms Control-- Proliferation-- (1987-)
98 NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS, AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION
ARMS CONTROL
BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AGENTS
CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS
FOREIGN POLICY
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
NON-PROLIFERATION POLICY
NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
PROLIFERATION
TREATIES
WEAPONS