NCJ Number
190323
Editor(s)
Scott Parrish
Date Published
March 2001
Length
83 pages
Annotation
This paper is a culmination of presentations examining the role of ballistic missiles and the challenges facing the international community in the areas of missile proliferation and missile defense.
Abstract
The spread of ballistic missiles constitutes as one of the most serious and complex non-proliferation challenges today. The role of ballistic missile proliferation plays in threatening new action-reaction arms instabilities. There is a need to assist in international efforts to develop mechanisms for multi-lateral control of ballistic missiles. Contributions to this paper were prepared as presentations for a 2000 international workshop. The presentations focused on three areas concerning ballistic missile proliferation and defense: (1) threats; (2) responses; and (3) regional perspectives, including Europe, the Middle East, South Asia, and Northeast Asia. They offered an overview of the missile defense issue and the emerging international challenges on the control of missile proliferation and defenses. The outcome of these presentations was to identify both the main policy issues and the evolving international debate.