Arms Control and Missile Proliferation in the Middle East

Abstract

1. Introduction: Setting the Stage: Decreasing the Security Dilemma by Gradual Missile Reductions Bernd W. Kubbig Part I: Missiles and Their Proliferation as a Threat 2. Disarmament Efforts in the Region: Lessons from the Arms Control and Regional Security Talks Emily B. Landau and Dalia Dassa Kaye 3. Missiles in the Middle East: Their Destabilizing Role Dennis M. Gormley, Colin P. Clarke, and Jurgen Altmann Part II: Conditions for a Successful Step-by-Step Approach 4. Taking Overall Military Asymmetries into Account: Objections from the Arab World and Iran Bernd W. Kubbig, Mohamed Noman Galal, Michael Haas, Murhaf Jouejati, Sabahat Khan, Ahmed Saif, and Mahmood Sariolghalam 5. Taking Israel's Security Interests into Account: Deterrence Policy in a Changing Strategic Environment Uri Bar-Joseph 6. Advancing the Control of Weapons of Mass Destruction: An Incremental Approach Gawdat Bahgat, Avner Cohen, Sven-Eric Fikenscher, Giorgio Franceschini, Bernd W. Kubbig, and Patricia Lewis 7. From (Potential) Spoilers to Guarantors? The Role of External Powers Sven-Eric Fikenscher, Patrick Flamm, Lina Golob, Bernd W. kubbig, and Christian Weidlich 8. The Verification Challenge: Concepts, Requirements, and Technologies Jurgen Scheffran, Bharath Gopalaswamy, Dennis M. Gormley, Bernd W. Kubbig, Uzi Rubin, and Hartwig Spitzer 9. The Prospects for Disarmament: The Case of Hezbollah Judith Palmer Harik and Walid Abu-Dalbouh 10. Designing Disarmament Strategies: The Case of Hamas Margret Johannsen, Ghassan Khatib, and Anat Kurz Part III: Three Milestones towards a Missile Free Zone 11. The Promise of Military Transparency: Building on Past Experiences and the UN Register of Conventional Arms Sven-Eric Fikenscher, Patrick Flamm, Lina Golob, Bernd W. Kubbig, and Christian Weidlich 12. The Missile Technology Control Regime, the Hague Code of Conduct, and Missile Proliferation Dinshaw Mistry and Mark Smith 13. Caps and Bans: Limiting, Reducing, and Prohibiting Missiles and Missile Defence Martin Senn, Jurgen Altmann, Bernd W. Kubbig, Jurgen Scheffran, Hans-Joachim Schmidt, and Oleg Shulga 14. Conclusion: The Stage Reconsidered: Findings, Concluding Remarks, and Research Perspectives Bernd W. Kubbig 15. Apendix: The Arsenals of Actors Relevant to a Missile Free Zone in the Middle East/Gulf Michael Haas and Bernd W. Kubbig (Compilers)