Introduction -- As new weapons are invented, the ATT must be altered to regulate them / In the United States, arms deals are big business / Matthew Bolton and Wim Zwijnenburg. In the Middle East, arms sales offer political and economic benefits to countries / Joe Stork ; The United States and Russia participate in the most major arms transfers / Kate Blanchfield, Pieter D. Wezeman, and Siemon T. Wezeman ; In Israel, conflict with Palestine benefits international arms deals / Taya Govreen-Segal ; In Africa, illegal small arms trade fuels conflict / United Nations ; Globalization makes illicit small arms trades easier / Aditi Malhotra -- The effects of the arms trade. The Arms Trade Treaty attempts to regulate international arms transfers / Amnesty International ; We can learn from the sale of weapons after the Cold War / International Committee of the Red Cross ; Are the Geneva Conventions still relevant? / Knut DoĢrmann ; In the United States, arms sales policies changed during the War on Terror / Rachel Stohl ; In the Middle East, CIA intervention does more harm than good / Garikai Chengu -- Nuclear proliferation. In the United States and the Soviet Union, the Theory of Mutually Assured Destruction altered international relations / Fait Muedini ; Is the Non-Proliferation Treaty successful? / Saira Bano ; Russia, the United States, and Pakistan have all come close to using nuclear weapons by accident / Gunnar Westberg ; Nuclear war would devastate earth's climate / Paul N. Edwards ; In the Marshall Islands, climate change and nuclear weapons interact in harmful ways / World Future Council -- Strategies for addressing the arms trade. In Colombia, peace treaties ended a decades-long conflict / International Crisis Group ; The UN's Arms Trade Treaty set international standards / Rita Emch ; In Iran, a nuclear nonproliferation deal ended sanctions / Amanda Taub ; As new weapons are invented, the ATT must be altered to regulate them / Matthew Bolton and Wim Zwijnenburg.
Summary:
"The viewpoints in this resource examine the responsibility of nation states around the world to take accountability for their participation in weaponizing"-- From publisher's Web site.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.