The Demise of Arms Control: Non-Compliance and the New World Order (St. James’s Studies in World Affairs)

Author: 

Ofosu, Victor, MA, Kings College, London, journalist and political campaigner


The failure of six countries to reach an agreement in the Six-Party Talks on Korea has shown the futility of negotiations to denuclearize North Korea. As Victor Ofosu shows in this timely new study, diplomacy failed because nuclear reversal is not in Pyongyang security, regional, or economic interests. This analysis examines factors which may encourage North Korea and other nuclear powers to reverse their posture, including considerations of constraint surrounding the INF treaty between the United States and Russia. The book also considers arguments criticizing the effectiveness of arms control agreements, the application of security and domestic models of arms control, and how security and domestic issues can deter a state from complying with a treaty.

Market: 
Political Science, International Relations, Diplomacy, Arms Control, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Nuclear Weapons, Civic Action, North Korea, Russia, United States, INF Treaty
Release Date: 
March 1, 2021
ISBN: 
978-1680539165 Hardcover
Price: 
$139.95
Trim Size: 
6x9
Pages: 
120
Illustrations: 
None
Publisher: 

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