Synopses & Reviews
Treating Weapons Proliferation is a chilling exploration of the dynamics of weapons proliferation and nonproliferation. Through an analogy with the disease of cancer, the book walks the reader through the history of the phenomenon, its growing complexities and changing dimensions, its causes and consequences, and the various policy responses currently available to address it. Taking stock of the nature and challenges of such responses, the book shows that there is no all-encompassing cure for weapons proliferation at the present time, only treatments of relative and contextual effectiveness. Simply put, weapons proliferation, like cancer, has no single cure, but it is a condition that can often be treated, sometimes successfully.
Review
“David Santoros innovative application of oncology to the analysis of weapons proliferation provides rich new insights that advance our comprehensive understanding of todays challenges, particularly the links between underlying causes and policy responses. Santoro pushes the metaphor to its limits and we are rewarded for it.”--Wade Huntley, Consultant and Adjunct Professor, Naval Postgraduate School
“Santoro has produced an interesting and well documented volume. I like particularly those chapters where he discusses the driving forces of nuclear weapons proliferation. The analogy between proliferation and oncology is ingenious.”--Jozef Goldblat, Vice President, Geneva International Peace Research Institute
“Weapons proliferation has become a central issue on the international security agenda over the past two decades. Academics, policymakers, and politicians have all looked for new approaches to help better understand and tackle the problem. Treating Weapons Proliferation stands out as a thorough and original analysis and is an essential guide for the expert community and anyone willing to learn about the subject.”--Bernard Sitt, Director of the Center for International Security and Arms Control Studies, Paris
“As preventing the further proliferation of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons and their delivery systems trickled up the priority list over the post- Cold War period (to No.1 for the Obama Administration), a library of thoughtful and comprehensive studies appeared striving for that ‘fresh perspective. This one comes closer than most and provides a rewarding read.”--Ron Huisken, Senior Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, The Australian National University
Synopsis
Treating Weapons Proliferation is a chilling exploration of the dynamics of weapons proliferation and nonproliferation. Through an analogy with the disease of cancer, the book walks the reader through the history of the phenomenon, its growing complexities and changing dimensions, its causes and consequences, and the various policy responses currently available to address it. Taking stock of the nature and challenges of such responses, the book shows that there is no all-encompassing cure for weapons proliferation at the present time, only treatments of relative and contextual effectiveness. Simply put, weapons proliferation, like cancer, has no single cure, but it is a condition that can often be treated, sometimes successfully.
Synopsis
Physical Infrastructure Development addresses the key challenges of balancing economic growth, poverty alleviation, and environmental protection in the development of major physical infrastructure, ranging from transport to energy. The contributions, reflecting the perspectives of economics, engineering, planning, political science, and urban design, examine the impact of alternative financing and pricing arrangements on the sharing of burdens and benefits, and the opportunities and risks of public-private partnerships. They also assess the emerging approaches for restoring ecosystems degraded by past infrastructure development, and the strategies for promoting farsighted infrastructure planning and protecting vulnerable people impacted by physical infrastructure expansion.
About the Author
David Santoro is Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Simons Centre for Disarmament and Nonproliferation Research at the Liu Institute, University of British Columbia. He is also a research affiliate at the Paris-based Center for International Security and Arms Control and the Center for Transatlantic Studies. Member of the Pacific Forum CSIS Young Leaders Program, Dr. Santoro is a regular participant to track-two diplomatic dialogues in the Asia-Pacific region. He is currently working on nuclear issues against the backdrop of great power relations.
Table of Contents
Introduction: The Making of the Concept
The Quest for the Administration of the General and Complete Cure
A Mutating Anatomical and Physio-Pathology
An Open-Ended Etiology and Patho-Genesis
Serious and Threatening Pathological Effects
Preventing and Detecting the Disease
Treating and Palliating the Disease
Conclusion: From Cure to Treatments