scholarly journals Cherry-Picked Intelligence: The Weapons of Mass Destruction Dispositive as a Legitimation for National Security in the Post 9/11 Age

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
National Security ◽  
Weapons Of Mass Destruction ◽  
Mass Destruction

America, Russia, and the Future of Arms Control

2001 ◽  
Vol 100 (648) ◽  
pp. 323-329
Author(s):  
Jack Mendelsohn
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
National Security ◽  
Arms Control ◽  
Security Policies ◽  
Weapons Of Mass Destruction ◽  
Mass Destruction ◽  
International Treaty ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future

The Bush administration's national security policies, if fully and unilaterally implemented, will severely stress United States relations with Russia and China. … These policies would also deal a serious blow to the international treaty regimes developed over the past 30 years to control the spread of weapons of mass destruction and that continue to enjoy universal support and approval.

PROBLEMATIC ISSUES OF UKRAINE'S INFORMATION SECURITY UNDER HYBRID WARFARE

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (12) ◽  
pp. 77-84
Author(s):  
I. Saienko ◽  
А. Iefimenko ◽  
O. Rozmaznin ◽  
A. Efimenko
Keyword(s):  
National Security ◽  
Psychological Treatment ◽  
Information Policy ◽  
Weapons Of Mass Destruction ◽  
Operational Experience ◽  
Mass Destruction ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
The People ◽  
Hybrid War ◽  
Psychological Operations

The article deals with the problem of providing a unified information policy and the formation of a single information space in the territory of modern Ukraine in the context of escalating threats, faced by our state in the humanitarian sphere, Analysis of the peculiarities of the information-propaganda defining component of modern wars on the example of Russian Federation aggression in Ukraine. The disclosure of this issue in the context of the presented work is caused by the need of a scientific generalization of an existing theoretical and practical operational experience which should help clarify issues not reflected in open domestic and have no thorough, systematic analysis of the aforementioned wars and threats. Solving a certain problem will help ensure the national security of Ukraine through timely decision-making to prevent and eliminate the threats of the so-called "hybrid war". Impossible in modern conditions is to maintain frontal aggressive warfare, the use of weapons of mass destruction. This explains the spread of information wars. They achieve political objectives through global (strategic) psychological operations to shape the positive attitude of the international community to such actions, through the implementation of the psychological treatment of the conflict region, which are subjected to servicemen and the people of enemy.

Iraq: The Shifting Sands of Preemptive Self-Defense

2003 ◽  
Vol 97 (3) ◽  
pp. 599-607 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miriam Sapiro
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
National Security ◽  
Bush Administration ◽  
The United States ◽  
Weapons Of Mass Destruction ◽  
Terrorist Attacks ◽  
Mass Destruction ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Self Defense ◽  
September 11 Terrorist Attacks

The United States articulated a new concept of preventive self-defense last fall that is designed to preclude emerging threats from endangering the country. Rising like a phoenix from the ashes of the September 11 terrorist attacks, the preventive approach to national security is intended to respond to new threats posed by “shadowy networks of individuals [who] can bring great chaos and suffering to our shores for less than it costs to purchase a single tank.” The Bush administration wisely concluded that it could not rely solely upon a reactive security posture, due to the difficulty in deterring potential attacks by those determined to challenge the United States and the magnitude of harm that could occur from weapons of mass destruction falling into the wrong hands. Although the administration has characterized its new approach as “preemptive,” it is more accurate to describe it as “preventive” self-defense. Rather than trying to preempt specific, imminent tiireats, the goal is to prevent more generalized threats from materializing.

scholarly journals International terrorism as a political phenomenon. Problems of counteraction

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-48
Author(s):  
Iryna Alekseenko
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
National Security ◽  
International Security ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
The State ◽  
International Terrorism ◽  
Weapons Of Mass Destruction ◽  
Mass Destruction ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Legal Development

One of the main features of international political and legal development is the unresolved problem of national security of the state and international security. This is particularly relevant in the current globalized environment, when the economy, informatization and democratization of international relations create unprecedented opportunities for development, but at the same time increase the vulnerability of the system to terrorism, the use of weapons of mass destruction, etc. Scientists of our time are faced with urgent tasks, the solution of which allows the study of the problems of state creation, especially such important determinants of this process as legal regulation in the field of national and international security of the state in the context of globalization. Proceeding from this,scientific researches in this context, in which the basic principles of organization of national and international security are systematically revealed, are expedient and timely

Nuclear verification in a Middle East WMD-Free Zone: Lessons from Past Verification Cases and Other Precedents

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Carlson
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
National Security ◽  
Nuclear Weapons ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Arms Race ◽  
Weapons Of Mass Destruction ◽  
Critical Importance ◽  
Mass Destruction ◽  
Free Zone ◽  
Nuclear Arms Race

Verification will be of critical importance to achieving and maintaining a Middle East zone free of weapons of mass destruction (ME WMD). Effective verification arrangements would serve a vital national security objective for each state in the region by reducing tensions, removing the motivation to proliferate, and mitigating the risk of a virtual nuclear arms race (or war). In view of the high levels of tension and mistrust within the zone, ensuring effective verification will be especially demanding. The paper examines specific elements of the future nuclear verification of the zone, including: Which states should be included? What prohibitions and obligations should apply in the zone and how would they be verified? How could elimination of nuclear weapons in the zone be achieved? On what basis would the zone treaty enter into force? The paper also examines a number of existing treaties and arrangements as well as the lessons learned from past verification cases which regional states can draw on in developing verification for a Middle East nuclear-weapon-free zone.

Israel’s National Security Policy

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chuck Freilich
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
National Security ◽  
Security Policy ◽  
Arms Control ◽  
Control Policy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Weapons Of Mass Destruction ◽  
Regional Power ◽  
Mass Destruction ◽  
Demographic Challenges

Israel has responded to the uniquely harsh strategic environment it has faced ever since its establishment by developing defensive capabilities totally disproportionate to its size and has become a regional power, its existence no longer truly in doubt. Nevertheless, Israel continues to face the severe threats of weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, rockets, and cyberattacks, primarily from Iran, Hezbollah, and Hamas; the ongoing conflict with the Palestinians; and demographic challenges. This article presents both the fundamental changes that have taken place in Israel’s strategic environment, from conventional, state-based threats to primarily asymmetrical ones, and the responses it has developed to date. It also addresses Israel’s relations with the United States and other primary international actors, as well as Israel’s nuclear and regional arms control policy.

Let’s Make a (Smart) Deal: Biodiplomacy in the Age of Trump

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Noah Blaine Hearn
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
National Security ◽  
North Korea ◽  
The United States ◽  
Weapons Of Mass Destruction ◽  
Biological Weapons ◽  
Mass Destruction ◽  
Donald Trump ◽  
Comprehensive Strategy

Abstract North Korea poses significant risks to national security as it continues to develop weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). On February 28, 2019, United States President Donald Trump announced that he would be departing his second summit with Kim Jong Un without having reached a deal regarding the denuclearization of North Korea. This anticlimactic outcome followed weeks of media buildup surrounding the two leaders’ meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam; however, negotiators from both countries have pledged to continue their efforts at crafting a deal. As they continue this endeavor, those with a seat at the negotiating table must recognize that the most prudent path forward for the United States is to ensure that any such disarmament deal also address North Korea’s capacity to develop of biological weapons (BWs) in addition to nuclear and chemical capabilities as part of a comprehensive strategy.

Complex Intersections

2020 ◽  
pp. 117-126
Author(s):  
Louis René Beres
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
National Security ◽  
Weapons Of Mass Destruction ◽  
Military Operations ◽  
Mass Destruction ◽  
Tel Aviv ◽  
Terror Attacks ◽  
Self Defense ◽  
Military Necessity

Going forward, Israel’s foreign policy and defense planners will face increasingly complex challenges to the country’s national security. Such core challenges will present themselves in military and jurisprudential terms, and will need to be confronted together, sometimes in their more-or-less plausible interactions or synergies. One area of especially great significance will concern prospective enemy crimes of “perfidy”. Of most plainly urgent importance in this regard would be those circumstances wherein Palestinian and/or Shiite Arab terror attacks could involve weapons of mass destruction. To best avoid such dire circumstances, Israel will have to pay growing attention to certain measured strategies of preemption or “anticipatory self-defense.” Throughout its pertinent military operations, Jerusalem/Tel Aviv will need to heed the always binding expectations of “distinction,” “proportionality,” and “military necessity”, and to acknowledge the ongoing primacy of dispassionate intellectual analysis over any more narrowly political assessments.

scholarly journals Indonesia’s Prospects As World Class Maritime Power

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rangga Setiawan ◽  
Stella Paschalina
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
National Security ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Weapons Of Mass Destruction ◽  
Regional Security ◽  
Security Threats ◽  
Mass Destruction ◽  
Bargaining Position ◽  
World Class

The possession of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) allows a country to enhance their bargaining position. This approach is coercive rather than peaceful. The idealistic approach using “peaceful” methods to deter the national security threats remains valuable, however, especially for Indonesia as a maritime nation. Indonesia has three factors which obstruct its development as a maritime power. First, there are limited regulations regarding the condition of “secure” regional security in ASEAN. Second, there are limited military funds. Finally, the sea level conditions in the Indonesia waters (known as brown and green sea) are not conducive to naval development. One solution is to leverage the Indonesia Military’s international relations to enhance national maritime power. Keywords: Weapon of Mass Destruction, Maritime Power, Internationalism

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