Publisher:
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Published:
2010
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
17246631756
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Very good. No DJ issued. xxii, [1], 117, [3] pages. Abbreviations and Acronyms. Tables. Notes. Part 1 is on Civilian And Military Activities in Outer Space and Part 2 is on Negotiations and Legal Regulations Governing Outer Space. In this era of globalization, the world is facing a host of challenging security problems, from the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction to international terrorism to accelerating climate change to energy security, that cannot be resolved unilaterally, especially through the unilateral use of military force. One key issue that requires urgent global attention is literally "out of this world": the military use of outer space. This collection of essays by leading Russian experts analyzes the current military use of outer space. The book describes the space weapons programs of various countries. It details the history of negotiations to prevent, or at least control, the weaponization of space, including analyses of the political, military, technical, and legal problems facing negotiators trying to avoid a catastrophic new space race. Alexey Arbatov is the head of the Center for International Security at the Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations. Arbatov is a former scholar in residence and the chair of the Carnegie Moscow Center's Nonproliferation Program. Formerly, he was a member of the State Duma, vice chairman of the Russian United Democratic Party, and deputy chairman of the Duma Defense Committee. He is a member of the research council of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the governing board of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, the Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute, and the Russian Council for Foreign and Defense Policy. Arbatov is author of books and articles and papers on issues of global security, strategic stability, disarmament, Russian military reform, and current domestic and foreign political issues. Major General Dvorkin (retired) is a chief researcher at the Center for International Security at the Institute of Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations. He was formerly a distinguished military fellow in the Carnegie Moscow Center's Nonproliferation Program. He is also chairman of the International Luxembourg Forum's Organizing Committee. Dvorkin previously served as the director of the Russian Defense Ministry's Fourth Central Research Institute, where he began working as a junior researcher in 1962. Previous to that, he took part in testing the Soviet Union's first nuclear missile-carrying submarines and the first launches of ballistic missiles from under water as a test engineer at the Central State Naval Test Ground. He holds a Ph.D. in technical sciences. Dvorkin was one of the main authors of program documents on Russia's strategic nuclear forces and strategic missile forces. Over many years he was involved as an expert in preparing the SALT II, INF, START I, and START II treaties, during which time he helped shape the Soviet Union's and Russia's positions at strategic offensive arms control talks.
