Arms Control: New Horizons, Lasting Challenges

by Michael Krepon, World Politics Review, Herbert S. Lin

Arms control agreements are perhaps most vividly associated with Cold War-era treaties limiting nuclear warheads. But evolving concerns and emerging domains have increasingly shifted the focus of such efforts. In space, the danger of anti-satellite weapons is perhaps matched only by the difficulty of effectively constraining them. Meanwhile, despite gathering momentum for an Arms Trade Treaty, obstacles to a meaningful agreement remain. And in cyberspace, the challenges of a virtual domain have for the time being defied conventional approaches to arms control.

33 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 5, 2012