Arms on the Market: Reducing the Risk of Proliferation in the Former Soviet Union

Book Overview

Almost overnight, the massive military-industrial assets of the Soviet Union came under the jurisdiction of fifteen states instead of one established government. While only four states inherited weapons of mass destruction, most of the fifteen states of the former Soviet Union can produce sensitive materials and equipment. Because all the states serve as transit points for both legal commerce and illegal smuggling, developing export control systems...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415920590
• ISBN13: 9780415920599
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.2"