Course ID: | INTL 8274. 3 hours. |
Course Title: | International Nonproliferation Regimes |
Course Description: | Examines the strengths and weaknesses of international regimes
and institutions designed to prevent the spread of weapons of
mass destruction and military goods. |
Oasis Title: | INTL NONPRO REGIMES |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | This course explores the role that international
nonproliferation institutions and regimes play in combating the
spread of weapons.
The past several decades have seen a growth in participation by
states in formal and informal organizations and arrangements,
international treaties, and regional and bilateral arrangements
designed to prevent weapons proliferation, including the spread
of chemical, biological, nuclear weapons and means for their
delivery.
This course takes a critical look at these institutional
efforts to control nuclear, chemical, biological and
conventional weapons, as well as efforts to regulate trade in
dual-use items. Students will have a chance to think
critically about the effectiveness of these efforts and the
role that international nonproliferation organizations and
institutions play in addressing the problem of weapons
proliferation. Students will gain an appreciation for the
breadth of nonproliferation organizations and regimes while
developing expertise on a smaller number of organizations.
Students will learn about the common institutional challenges
that many international efforts to control the spread of
weaponry face. |
Topical Outline: | I. Overview – The Role of Regimes and Organizations in
International Security
II. The Evolution of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime
III. Challenges to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime
IV. Strengthening the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime
V. Controlling the Means of Delivery: The Missile Technology
Control Regime and the Hague Code of Conduct
VI. The Chemical Weapons Convention: Technological
Developments and Verification
VII. The Biological Weapons Convention: Verification and The
Dual-use Dilemma
VIII. Controlling CW/BW Trade: The Australia Group
IX. When Controls Fail: Interdiction and the Proliferation
Security Initiative
X. Conventional Weapons and Dual-use Technology
XI. UN 1540: Towards a Global Regime to Prevent WMD
Proliferation |