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Missile Proliferation and Defences: Problems and Prospects

July 2001

Special Joint Series on Missile Issues
This series of papers on missile proliferation and possible responses continues a collaboration between the Center for Nonproliferation Studies and the Mountbatten Centre for International Studies at the University of Southampton. Occasional Paper #7 focuses on international and unilateral control mechanisms, regional perspectives, and implications for space.

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Contents

Introduction

by Ian R. Kenyon

Key Issues

• The Drivers Behind Missile Proliferation
  by Alaa Issa

• The Prospects for Control: Missile Proliferation, the MTCR and the Broader World
  by Robert McDougall

International Control Mechanisms

• The United States and the Evolution of International Supply-Side Missile Non-Proliferation Controls
  by David A. Cooper

• The Global Control System
  by Alexander A. Pikayev

• New Approaches to Combating Missile Proliferation
  by Robert McDougall

Unilateral Control Mechanisms

• Technological Aspects of Ballistic Missile Defence
  by Michael Rance

• Missile Defenses: The Political Implications of the Choice of Technology
  by Camille Grand

• The Domestic Politics of National Missile Defense Under the Bush Administration
  by David P. Auerswald

Regional Perspectives and Implications

• The Implications for Postures and Capabilities in South Asia
  by Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu

• East Asian Regional Implications of Ballistic Missile Proliferation and Ballistic Missile Defense
  by Toshiro Ozawa

• European Perspectives on Ballistic Missile Proliferation and Missile Defences
  by Mark Smith

• The Middle East in Strategic Transition: from Offense to Defense Dominance?
  by Aaron Karp

Space

• Space Arms Control and the International Missile Defense Debate
  by James Clay Moltz