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GOVT328

Arms Control and Global Security GOVT328 FA

Fall 96 Availability (Last Updated on Thu Apr 17 05:01:13 EDT 1997 )

Section  Limit  Enrollment  Available
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What does the end of the Cold War mean for the future of arms control? With the end of the superpower rivalry, major treaties on strategic nuclear reductions, conventional forces in Europe, and chemical arms have been signed and a comprehensive test ban treaty may finally be achieved. Yet, the Cold War has left a legacy of problems that arms controllers have barely begun to deal with, such as competition for control of the former Soviet arsenal, "loose nukes" and "technical mercenaries" and unsafe nuclear practices. Security threats elsewhere also loom larger now, as regional tensions combine with hi-tech conventional weapons and possible nuclear, chemical, biological, and ballistic missile capabilities. This course will cover enduring concepts, Cold War successes and failures, and contemporary arms control challenges. It will include a major arms control simulation of the Non-Proliferation Treaty extension conference in April, 1995.

MAJOR READINGS

Jeffrey Larsen and Gregory Rattray, eds.,
ARMS CONTROL TOWARD THE 21ST CENTURY
Richard Smoke, NATIONAL SECURITY AND THE NUCLEAR DILEMMA

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Several short papers, midterm, simulation and final examination

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS GOVT

Prerequisites: GOVT155

Section 01: Gallagher, N; Times: .T.T... 10:00AM;; Grading Mode: A/F; Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 1, Jr: 2, So: 3, Fr: 0; Major Preference Given

Last Updated on MAR-10-1997

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