Military Law, Foreign & International Law - General & Miscellaneous, Military - Biological & Chemical Warfare, Arms Control & Disarmament
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Overview
"Providing a comprehensive insider's account of the negotiations on the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) Protocol from their origin to collapse, Jez Littlewood examines and explains the efforts to control biological weapons at the international level and assesses the consequences of the failure of the BWC Protocol." "The volume analyzes all the major issues in the negotiations, outlines the positions and views of key states to explain their preferences for particular policies, and assesses the outcome of the negotiations in the broader context of arms control for weapons of mass destruction at the beginning of the twenty-first century. The author provides a detailed assessment of the BWC from 1971 to the completion of the Fifth Review Conference in 2002." The Biological Weapons Convention is suitable for scholars, policy makers and graduate students working in arms control, proliferation, security and strategic studies fields.Synopsis
Littlewood (U. of Southampton) follows the negotiations on the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) Protocol from their origins in 1975 to the completion of the Fifth Review Conference in 2002. He analyzes all the major issues and outlines the positions of the key states. Littlewood contends that the BWC has two types of states parties: minimalists, who support the BWC as a treaty but hesitate to cede any decisions, and reformists, who prefer cooperative security. After his assessment of the negotiations, he considers their outcome in the broader context of control of weapons of mass destruction in the 21st century. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Book Details
Published
March 1, 2005
Publisher
Ashgate Publishing, Limited
Pages
260
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780754638544