With the collapse of the USSR, fifteen fledgling sates inherited a massive Soviet arsenal, unstable political systems, and desperate economies. A "sell everything" mentality threatens to result in the largest arms bazaar in human history, and this potential "fire sale" includes weapons of mass destruction. This book addresses the challenges the new independent states (NIS) of the former Soviet Union (FSU) face in controlling and monitoring their sensitive, military-related exports.Dangerous Weapons, Desperate States explores the various theoretical approaches that help explain the development of nonproliferation export control systems in the NIS. The contributors, coming from both the FSU states and the US, provide a broad range of perspectives on the problems posed by the threat of proliferation.
ACRONYMS VII PART I EXPORT CONTROLS, TRADE, AND SECURITY 1(24) 1 INTRODUCTION: THE CHALLENGE OF NIS EXPORT CONTROL DEVELOPMENT 3(5) Gary K. Bertsch William C. Potter 2 NIS SECURITY AND NONPROLIFERATION EXPORT CONTROLS 8(17) Vyachaslau Paznyak Anatoli Rozanov PART II EXPORT CONTROL DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEW INDEPENDENT STATES 25(76) 3 NUCLEAR EXPORT CONTROLS IN RUSSIA: THE PLAYERS AND THE PROCESS 27(17) Elina Kirichenko William C. Potter 4 EXPORT CONTROL DEVELOPMENTS IN UKRAINE 44(30) Victor Zaborksy 5 THE BELARUSIAN EXPORT CONTROL SYSTEM 74(14) Ural Latypov 6 EXPORT CONTROLS IN THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKSTAN 88(13) Dastan Eleukenov Keith D. Wolfe PART III PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF EXPORT CONTROL AND CURBING THE SPREAD OF WEAPONS 101(132) 7 CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS EXPORT CONTROLS 103(28) Maria Katsva Derek Averre 8 THE POLITICS AND ECONOMICS OF RUSSIAS CONVENTIONAL ARMS TRANSFERS 131(33) Igor Khripunov 9 EXPORT CONTROLS AND NUCLEAR SMUGGLING IN RUSSIA 164(24) Vladimir A. Orlov 10 RUSSIA AND THE MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME 188(25) Alexander Pikayev 11 RUSSIA AND THE WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT: A NEW MULTILATERAL EXPORT CONTROL REGIME FOR CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS AND DUAL-USE ITEMS 213(20) Elina Kirichenko Dmitriy Nikonov PART IV CONCLUSION 233(8) 12 CONCLUSION 235(6) Gary K. Bertsch William C. Potter PART V APPENDICES 241(34) APPENDIX 1 PROLIFERATION CONCERNS Assessing U.S. Efforts to Help Contain Nuclear and Other Dangerous Materials and Technologies in the Former Soviet Union 243(20) Office of International Affairs, National Research Council APPENDIX 2 EXPORT CONTROL DEVELOPMENTS IN RUSSIA, UKRAINE, BELARUS, AND KAZAKSTAN 263(12) CONTRIBUTORS 275(2) INDEX 277
Gary Bertsch is the University Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for International Trade and Security at the University of Georgia. He is co-author of Arms on the Market: Reducing the Risk ofProliferation in the Former Soviet Union (Routledge, 1998), U.S. and Japanese Nonproliferation Export Controls (1996) and International Cooperation on NonproliferationExport Controls (1994). William Potter is Professor and Director of the Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies and Director of the Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies.
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