Jeffrey W. Knopf - International Cooperation on WMD Nonproliferation

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ON WMD NONPROLIFERATION

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Edited by Jeffrey W. Knopf

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International cooperation on WMD nonproliferation/edited

by Jeffrey W. Knopf.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-8203-4891-9 (ebook) ISBN 978-0-8203-4527-7 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Nuclear nonproliferation. 2. National security. 3. Security, International. I. Knopf, Jeffrey W.

JZ 5675. I 687 2016

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2015012856

This book is a testament to the value of hallway conversations. The idea for this project grew out of a series of conversations I had with Michael Malley, a former colleague at the Naval Postgraduate School. Mike is a specialist on Southeast Asia who had begun to do work on initiatives within the region dealing with nuclear proliferation. He asked me about theoretical literature on international cooperation that might help him understand cooperation in the nonproliferation domain. Our discussions led to the realization that the leading existing frameworks fall short of capturing the kinds of dynamics we were both observing empirically. The seeds of suggestion for a new research project had been planted, and I thank Mike for providing the intellectual stimulus to embark on this line of research.

Funding to support this research was provided by the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency, through its Project on Advanced Systems and Concepts for Countering WMD ( PASCC ). I am grateful to PASCC for the support. The views expressed in this book, however, are entirely those of the authors and are not intended to represent U.S. government policy.

After a canvass of the existing literature, I developed a preliminary theoretical framework that could guide further exploration of the sources and impact of international cooperation intended to counter the proliferation of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons. I then invited a group of subject-matter experts to apply this framework to case studies of cooperative initiatives in support of nonproliferation. We came together to discuss first drafts of the case studies at a workshop at the Portola Hotel in Monterey, California, in March 2012. Since then, two additional authors who focus on regional efforts joined the project, and all the chapters have been revised and updated to reflect further developments, in most cases through about mid-2014.

Many people helped make this book possible and gave valuable suggestions to improve its contents. I give special thanks to Angela Archambault, whose administrative assistance ensured our authors workshop ran smoothly. In addition to most of the authors whose chapters appear in this volume, several other people participated in the workshop and gave feedback on the individual papers and the project as a whole. This book benefitted from the valuable comments provided by Christine Wing, Wade Huntley, Bill Potter, Clay Moltz, Jeffrey Fields, Arturo Sotomayor, Bryan Lee, Anne Clunan, and Mike Malley. I also thank the anonymous reviewers of the book proposal and manuscript for their helpful suggestions. From start to finish, it has been a pleasure to work with the people at the University of Georgia Press, including Nancy Grayson, Walter Biggins, Jon Davies, and Bethany Snead. In addition, I am grateful to Joseph Dahm for his careful copyediting and to Kate Lucitt and Crystal Wilhite for preparing the index. Finally, I learned more than I can convey from the other contributors to this volume, and I thank each of them for accepting my invitation to be part of this project.