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This report considers the interaction between the national economy and the environment in the former Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia. It concludes that the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power...

This publication discusses the potential uses of space-based weapons against air and ground targets; military and civilian activities; verification means available; the establishment and verification...

This index serves as a quick means to find paragraphs in the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), an elaborate and complex multilateral disarmament treaty. Scholars, diplomats, scientists, politicians...

Europe is experiencing a dramatic population change. This publication explains the demographic trends and structures causing this phenomenon. It identifies who are migrating, to where they are...

Analyzes the instability and insecurity throughout Albania, Bulgaria, Romania and Yugoslavia after the demise of the communist rule. It discusses the history and origins of ethnic friction as well as...

This study looks back into the legacy of colonialism in the ten geographically contiguous countries generally known as Southern Africa, the post-colonial factors of apartheid and destabilization and...

Legal policy and the diverse, complex and ambiguous verification processes are identified.

This research paper analyzes the highly ambiguous consequences of the Washington Treaty for security, common or individual, for strategic systems, for disarmament and for arms control, whether in...

This research paper deals with the Third Convention as well as the First and Second on issues such as scope of obligations, verification and complaints procedures, confidence-building measures and...

This study offers a practical and stimulating discussion on growth in market economies. Reflecting back as far as 1950 and projecting into the year 2000, it provides an historical view and guidance on...

This is a compilation of papers by experts in the fields of disarmament, environment and development. The papers presented include: a comprehensive framework for action; a biospheric perspective...

This paper focuses on the economic aspects of Perestroika and how it affected the economic reforms and developments in the former Soviet Union, Europe and the world. Experts present the original...

This publication offers a detailed analysis of the policy options and choices of the European countries after the Second World War. The policies are important for managing the economic reforms in...

This publication discusses the overall economic position in the Eastern countries giving a long-term historical perspective and short-term prospects. It views the social and economic order aimed at by...

This publication evaluates the first six inspections under resolution 687 and the possible consequences for the safeguards system of the IAEA in Iraq and for the control system of the Treaty on the...