Towards A Nuclear-weapon-free World - Proceedings Of The Forty-fifth Pugwash Conference On Science And World Affairs
Towards A Nuclear-weapon-free World - Proceedings Of The Forty-fifth Pugwash Conference On Science And World Affairs

Author: Joseph Rotblat

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 1997-07-01

Total Pages: 853

ISBN-13: 9814545945

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In this volume, scientists write on the desirability and feasibility of eliminating nuclear weapons, including reflections 50 years after the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by atomic bombs. The following topics are discussed: strategies for preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction; ways and means to monitor and control the arms trade; the need for global governance; specific aspects of security in the Asia-Pacific region; and interactions between the problems of meeting the world's energy demand, reducing environmental pollution, and promoting sustainable development.

World At The Crossroads: New Conflicts New Solutions A - Proceedings Of The 43rd Pugwash Conference On Science And World Affairs
World At The Crossroads: New Conflicts New Solutions A - Proceedings Of The 43rd Pugwash Conference On Science And World Affairs

Author: Joseph Rotblat

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 1994-11-08

Total Pages: 654

ISBN-13: 9814550132

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Photonics and nanotechnology are popular emerging fields of technology. This proceedings volume contains over 12 selected papers from the International Workshop and Conference on Photonics and Nanotechnology (ICPN) 2007, held in Pattaya, Thailand, from December 16-18, 2007. The papers cover a wide range of topics, from optical and nonlinear optical physics to nanoelectronics.

Weapons Proliferation in the 1990s
Weapons Proliferation in the 1990s

Author: Brad Roberts

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 496

ISBN-13: 9780262680868

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The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction has emerged as a major topic of international security in the post-Cold War world. This compendium of articles, published in The Washington Quarterly between 1991 and 1995, describes the changing nature of the problem, dissusses new trends in nonproliferation and counterproliferation policy, identifies new arms control challenges at the regional and global levels, and concludes by addressing the global politics of proliferation.