The proliferation of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons and their delivery systems, particularly ballistic missiles, is among the most prominent concerns on the contemporary international security agenda. Efforts to contain proliferation, traditionally undertaken through …
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This thesis develops an analytical framework for optimal design of a ban on chemical weapons (CW). The thesis addresses two principal questions: first, could it be in the interest of individual states to adopt a CW ban, even if compliance by adversaries cannot be presupposed? Se…
Canadian nuclear non-proliferation policy includes all actions effected by the Government of Canada in the fields of disarmament, arms control, defence, security, nuclear policy, and export controls, which are aimed at preventing the spread of indigenous nuclear military capabil…
This thesis discusses the interacting relationship between China's nuclear arms control and nonproliferation policy and U.S.-China relations from 1979 to 2007. By exploring the interactions of the two countries in the context of the international nonproliferation regime, and usi…
"North Korea is perilously close to developing strategic nuclear weapons capable of hitting the United States and its allies in East Asia. Since their first nuclear test in 2006, North Korea has struggled to perfect delivery systems, but Kim Jong-un's regime now appears to be cl…
