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The purpose of this study is to analyze world military expenditure at the end of the 1980s, and to discuss political and economic implications. The book surveys recent events and describes the process of change that characterizes international military expenditure, and the determinants.

Drawing together the work of eight experts on the arms trade and Asia-Pacific security affairs, this title presents analysis and data related to the arms trade and defence policy transparency mechanisms in South-East Asia. It also includes a de facto regional arms register for South-East Asia covering the period 1970-96.

This major new study examaines the structure and activities of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) as an ad hoc group of 45 states committed to applying effective controls on the export of nuclear-related dual-use equipment and material.

Presents evidence of the increasing relevance of technology in the 21st century and a review of the control regimes, as well as the perspectives of progressive developing nations. This report highlights the need for a different approach to the management of technology and security issues.

In this book seven authors examine the legal and political implications, the training of international police in a multinational and multicultural context, the use of community policing, the crucial issue of cooperation between the military and the civilian police components, and what has been learned about planning for the handover to local authority.

Reviews the cooperative threat reduction activities with a particular focus on projects and approaches engaging European partners. This report examines the organizing principles for cooperative threat reduction and the lessons learned from past project implementation.

This Report examines the EU's strategy to combat the spread of weapons of mass destruction in the context of Iranian internal security policy decision making. The Report highlights some of the problems and possibilities inherent in the EU's efforts to implement a more targeted, multifunctional strategy to prevent WMD proliferation.

This volume combines qualitative research with the analysis of available data on trends in modern terrorism and the use of primary sources and writings. It puts forwad an original typology of terrorism based on the overall level of a militant group's goals and the extent to which its terrorist activities are linked to a broader armed conflict.

This Report examines the EU's strategy to combat the spread of weapons of mass destruction in the context of Iranian internal security policy decision making. The Report highlights some of the problems and possibilities inherent in the EU's efforts to implement a more targeted, multifunctional strategy to prevent WMD proliferation.

This work examines the legal and political implications of police components in UN peace operations, such as the training of international police in a multinational and multicultural context and the issue of co-operation between the military and the civilian forces.

In this book the authors describe in detail the widespread nuclearization of the naval forces of all five nuclear navies, analyze the implications for security and arms control and conclude with suggestions for possible arms control measures.

This report identifies and assesses the role that national law enforcement actors and public prosecutors in the EU member states play in helping prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction by stopping the illicit trade in dual-use items.

This volume is designed to explore the emergence of the new forms of Arctic governance based upon cooperation rather than competition.

This volume asks what security means in the Anthropocene era and what political innovations are needed to chart a more sustainable path for global development in the decades to come.