Preventing the Proliferation of WMDs

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Introduction

   • Daniel Salisbury, Ian J. Stewart, Andrea Viski

   Pages 1-11

3. A History of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540

   • William H. Tobey

   Pages 13-32

4. UNSCR 1540: Implementation Trends

   • Andrea Viski

   Pages 33-54

5. Regional Implementation of UNSCR 1540

   • Rajiv Nayan

   Pages 55-79

6. UNSCR 1540 Implementation: Challenges Past and Present

   • Daniel Salisbury

   Pages 81-103

7. Preventing WMD Proliferation: The Future of UNSCR 1540

   • Ian J. Stewart

   Pages 105-126

8. Conclusions: The Future of UNSCR 1540

   • Daniel Salisbury, Ian J. Stewart, Andrea Viski

   Pages 127-130

9. Back Matter

   Pages 131-146

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This edited volume provides a fresh analysis for researcher and practitioners regarding United Nations Security Council resolution 1540, the status of its implementation, and its future by providing an original evaluation of progress in implementation and challenges faced during the resolution’s first decade. In doing so, the book will consider the resolution’s utility as a non-proliferation tool with a view to identifying what further actions are required for the objectives and goals embodied by UNSCR 1540 to be achieved and sustained.  The book progresses by exploring the history of the resolution, implementation trends, implementation from a regional perspective, challenges, and future ways forward. The book appeals to a wide readership of scholars, policymakers, and other stakeholders of the 1540 process.

• WMDs
• UNSC
• United Nations Security Council resolution 1540
• counter-proliferation
• non-proliferation
• counter-terrorism
• international security
• non-state actors
• legal history
• Kananaskis principles
• implementation
• 1540 matrix
• international law
• 1540 committee
• 1540 national reports
• regionalism
• capacity-building
• European Union
• Non-aligned Movement
• legitimacy

• Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, MA, USA

  Daniel Salisbury

• War Studies Department, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

  Ian J. Stewart, Andrea Viski

Daniel Salisbury is a Fellow at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, USA. Before joining CNS Daniel worked at in the Department of War Studies at King’s College London (KCL), UK on a series of projects on non-proliferation, export controls and nuclear security. 

Ian J. Stewart is a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of War Studies and runs Project Alpha at King's College London, UK. Before joining KCL, Mr Stewart worked for the British Ministry of Defence, where he was an analyst working on issues related to non-proliferation and illicit trade. 

Andrea Viski is a Senior Research Associate at Project Alpha, Department of War Studies, King’s College London, UK, focusing on strategic trade controls and capacity-building. She previously worked for the European Commission and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Sweden. She is the current editor-in-chief of the Strategic Trade Review.

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