In the zone? Chemical weapons and the Middle East The US response

被引：3

作者：

Hart, John ^{[1
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机构：

[1] SIPRI, Chem & Biol Secur Project, Solna, Sweden

来源：

BULLETIN OF THE ATOMIC SCIENTISTS | 2014年 / 70卷 / 03期

关键词：

arms control; chemical-weapon-free zone; Chemical Weapons Convention; Egypt; Israel; Middle East; Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons; security; Syria; weapons of mass destruction;

D O I：

10.1177/0096340214531183

中图分类号：

D81 [国际关系];

学科分类号：

030207 ;

摘要：

In 2012, an effort to establish a zone in the Middle East free of weapons of mass destruction ran out of momentum. In 2013, a chemical attack in the outskirts of Damascus nearly brought about US armed intervention in the Syrian civil war and ultimately led to Syria's accession to the Chemical Weapons Convention. Against this backdrop, some have suggested that the time is right to establish in the region a zone free of chemical weapons. Authors from three countriesEmily B. Landau of Israel (2014), Mostafa Elwi Saif of Egypt (2014), and John Hart of the United Statesexplore whether a chemical-weapon-free zone in the Middle East might contribute to regional security and whether it could revitalize the initiative to rid the region of all weapons of mass destruction.

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