Nuclear Disengagement in Europe
Nuclear Disengagement in Europe

Author: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-11-19

Total Pages: 255

ISBN-13: 100019955X

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In the early 1980s there had been an upsurge of public concern over the nuclear threat to Europe. Already saturated with nuclear weapons, Europe faced controversial new deployments and there was alarm over military strategies for nuclear war in the region. It is in this context that the idea of nuclear weapon-free zones had captured the popular imagination and became a political issue in Europe. Not only would such zones build confidence and raise the nuclear threshold, but they would be first steps towards a more comprehensive elimination of nuclear weapons. Originally published in 1983 Nuclear Disengagement in Europe probes the question of nuclear weapon-free zones in the region. Pugwash and SIPRI arranged a meeting at which an international team of lawyers, scientists, politicians and military experts gave background information and provided an appraisal of problems regarding the zone initiatives as well as benefits that would accrue. Possible elements in a European zone arrangement were elaborated on and procedures towards the establishment of such a zone were suggested.

Nordic Security at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century
Nordic Security at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century

Author: Ciro Elliott Zoppo

Publisher: Praeger

Published: 1992-05-30

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13:

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High-ranking government officials, defense analysts, and scholars focus on the geopolitics and security of the Nordic region at a time when East-West relations in Europe are undergoing momentous changes. Experts from Scandinavia, Europe, and the United States examine the impact of the United States and the Soviet Union on Scandinavian security in terms of defense doctrines and deployment and the evolving technologies of defense, paying particular attention to neutral Finland and Sweden. This strategic analysis, edited by Ciro Zoppo, is intended for academicians and policymakers in the fields of military studies, political science, Nordic and European affairs, and East-West relations. This survey of key problems and prospects in the Northern cap of the globe offers the historical background necessary for understanding the foreign policies and domestic politics of Norway, Finland, Sweden, Iceland, and Denmark. The study is unique in its detailed examination of military policy and emerging technologies alongside a discussion about their economic consequences for the countries in the region. The cross-national team of experts also considers the significance of the changing politicial and technological environment for the future of Swedish and Finnish defense and neutrality.

German Yearbook of International Law / Jahrbuch FüR Internationales Recht
German Yearbook of International Law / Jahrbuch FüR Internationales Recht

Author: Jost Delbrück

Publisher: Duncker & Humblot

Published: 1983-01-01

Total Pages: 730

ISBN-13: 9783428454433

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Inhaltsverzeichnis Inhalt: M. Bos, The Identification of Custom in International Law - O. Kimminich, Technology Transfer and International Law: Towards Conceptual Clarity - C. Tomuschat, Das Recht auf Entwicklung - W. Brugger, Human Rights Norms in Ethical Perspective - P. Kunig, The Protection of Human Rights by International Law in Africa - K. Hailbronner, International Terrorism and the Laws of War - A. Rosas, Negative Security Assurances and Non-Use of Nuclear Weapons - H. Meyrowitz, Le statut des armes nucléaires en droit international; 1e part - H.S. Levie, Some Recent Develo.

Biological Warfare
Biological Warfare

Author: D.B. Rao

Publisher: Discovery Publishing House

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13: 9788171415977

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The population of the world of today is faced by a challenge that could threaten even its survival in the near future because of biological weapons and warfare. Biological weapons are not difficult to produce, relatively easy to hide, and in the hands of unscrupulous desperate, terrorists, could cause incredible damage to large populations anywhere in the world. The use of biological weapons in war and/or otherwise as a means of mass destruction may lead to manmade epidemics that will introduce bioengineered agents into the human populations, animals and plants which will have a devastating effect on living organisms and world economy. Confronted with this menace, the Biological Weapons Convention has singled out biological weapons for categorical prohibition. To protect humans, animals and plants from microbial diseases, a revolutionary approach to develop effective vaccines against epidemic causing agents and certainly against biological weapon agents in needed.