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International Perspectives on Missile Proliferation and Defenses

Scott Parrish, ed.

March 2001

Special Joint Series on Missile Issues
The Center for Nonproliferation Studies of the Monterey Institute of International Studies and the Mountbatten Centre for International Studies at the University of Southampton are very pleased to initiate a new Occasional Paper series devoted to the topic of ballistic missile proliferation. The focus of this series reflects the concern of both centers that the spread of ballistic missiles constitutes one of the most serious and complex nonproliferation challenges today.

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Contents

Foreword

by William C. Potter and John Simpson

Introduction

• Current Issues Concerning the Control of Ballistic Missile Proliferation and Ballistic Missile Defenses
  by John Simpson

Threats

• Ballistic Missile Threats, Missile Defenses, Deterrence, and Strategic Stability
  by Camille Grand
• Criteria for Assessing Ballistic Missile Threats
  by Timothy V. McCarthy

Responses

• New Concepts of Deterrence
  by Darryl Howlett
• Missile Proliferation, Missile Defenses, and Arms Control
  by Mark Smith
• Forecasting the Strategic-Military Implications of NMD Deployment
  by James Clay Moltz

Regional Perspectives

• Europe
  by Bernd Kubbig
• Middle East
  by Aaron Karp
• South Asia
  by Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu
• Northeast Asia
  by Toshiro Ozawa