51. Constraining Conventional Proliferation: A Role For Canada
- Author:
- Keith Krause, Ken Epps, Bill Weston, and David Mutimer
- Publication Date:
- 01-1994
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Center for Defense Information
- Abstract:
- The global proliferation of conventional weapons has earned a prominent place in the post-Cold War foreign policy agenda. The human and material toll of the relatively unconstrained flow of conventional weapons is large: the vast majority of the 20 million war-related deaths since 1945 have been in conflicts fought exclusively with conventional weapons, and the thirty-nine major ongoing conflicts in 1994 have been fueled by arms, especially light weapons, that have been amassed in the world's arsenals. Conventional proliferation is perhaps the last remaining important issue on the arms control and non-proliferation agenda that has not been comprehensively addressed.
- Topic:
- International Relations, Security, Arms Control and Proliferation, and Peace Studies
- Political Geography:
- Canada