WMD Arms Control in the Middle East: Prospects, Obstacles and Options

The Middle East is a hot spot of proliferation and it is the world region that witnessed the most frequent and severe employment of chemical weapons since the end of World War I. Notwithstanding, not a single arms control regime concerning weapons of mass destruction (WMD) covers the region as a whole. This volume, written under the auspices of the EU Consortium for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, determines the current state of diplomatic efforts to establish a WMD free zone in the Midd...