Nonstate Actors, Terrorism, and Weapons of Mass Destruction

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12693246
AutoresAndrew Blum (autor de correspondencia), Victor Asal (0000-0001-7614-4869, University at Albany, State University of New York), Jonathan Wilkenfeld (0009-0004-2341-4561)
Año2005
Volumen7
Número1
Páginas133-137
Fecha de publicación2005-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Studies Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1468-2486 • E-ISSN: 1521-9488
EditorialOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/j.1521-9488.2005.479_1.x
OpenAlexW2085376209
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas18

While the term “weapons of mass destruction” (WMD) is a relatively new one, the effort to stop the spread of arms and weapons systems that can inflict mass harm is by no means new. Indeed, efforts to stop the production and possible use of these most fatal weapons have been successful by many accounts. From agreements following World War I to ban mustard gas to the establishment of the International Atomic Energy Agency to the nearly universal acceptance of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty to the inauguration of the Chemical Weapons Convention in 1997, the international community has made great strides in limiting states' ability to pursue, and interest in pursuing, WMD. Libya's recent decision to dismantle and allow international inspections of its own WMD program serves as evidence of the effectiveness of today's nonproliferation regime. The agreements and institutions at the core of this nonproliferation regime, however, are designed to affect the decisions and policies of only one type of actor in the international community, that is, states. As such, current arrangements do not do enough to halt the spread of WMD to nonstate actors in the international system. And, yet, it is widely believed that WMD proliferation among nonstate actors—such as terrorist groups, ethnic secessionist groups, and religious sects—will be the critical nonproliferation challenge of the next twenty years

Agency (philosophy · Arms control · Business · Harm · International community · International law · International relations · International trade · Nuclear weapon · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Sovereignty · Territorial integrity · Terrorism · Treaty · Economic Sanctions and International Relations · Law · Nuclear Issues and Defense · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence