New Horizons and New Strategies in Arms Control
- Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
In the last ten years, since the break-up of the Soviet Union, remarkable progress in arms control and disarmament has occurred. The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), the completion of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), and the Chemical Weapons Treaty (CWC) are indicative of the great strides made in the non- proliferation arena. Simultaneously, the Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF), the Conventional Forces Treaty in Europe (CFE), and the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaties (START), all associated with US-Soviet Union (now Russia) relations have assisted in redefining European relations and the security landscape. Finally, it now appears that progress is in the offing in developing enhanced compliance measures for the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC). In sum, all of these achievements have set the stage for the next round of arms control activities, which may lead to a much broader, and perhaps more diffused multilateral agenda. In this new and somewhat unpredictable international setting, arms control and disarmament issues will require solutions that are both more creative and innovative than heretofore.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- OSTI ID:
- 2132
- Report Number(s):
- SAND98-2214; ON: DE00002132
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Eighth Annual International Arms Control Conference, Albuquerque, NM (United States), 3-5 Apr 1998; Related Information: https://www.sandia.gov/media/armsconf.htm; https://www.sandia.gov/labnews/1998/03/27/armscontrol-story/
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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