Free Download Ukraine's Nuclear Disarmament: A History (Harvard Series in Ukrainian Studies) by Yuri Kostenko, Svitlana Krasynska, Lidia Wolanskyj
English | January 5, 2021 | ISBN: 0674249305 | 360 pages | MOBI | 4.40 Mb
In December 1994, Ukraine gave up the third-largest nuclear arsenal in the world and signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty, having received assurances that its sovereignty would be respected and secured by Russia, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Based on original and heretofore unavailable documents, Yuri Kostenko's account of the negotiations between Ukraine, Russia, and the US reveals for the first time the internal debates of the Ukrainian government as well as the pressure exerted upon it by its international partners.

Free Download Disarmament in the Time of Perestroika: Arms Control and the End of the Soviet Union: A Personal Journal (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0BNQTH1HB | 2022 | 18 hours and 43 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 542 MB
Author: Scott Ritter
Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki
Disarmament in the Time of Perestroika is the definitive history of the implementation of the INF Treaty signed by Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan in all its complexities, and the lengths both sides went to "trust, but verify" this successful and unique historic disarmament process. It demonstrates how two nations fundamentally at odds with one another could come together and rid the world of weapons which threatened international peace and security and, indeed, all of humanity. Those engaged were pioneers in what was to be the new frontier of superpower arms control―on-site inspection―that would define compliance verification for future treaties and agreements to come. Their work represents not just a guide to but the standard upon which all future on-site inspections will be based and judged.

Free Download United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research UNIDIR, "Problems and Perspectives of Conventional Disarmament in Europe "
English | ISBN: 036762785X | 2022 | 164 pages | EPUB | 564 KB
This book, first published in 1989, explores the ideas, proposals and counterproposals surrounding the thorny issue of Cold War conventional force disarmament in Europe. European nations acknowledged the need to reduce military tensions, but divergences remained as to the concrete ways and means for the attainment of the security objectives on the basis of mutually acceptable reductions of their respective forces. A UNIDIR-organized conference examined these issues, and presented here are the conference reports and findings, together with speaker responses.

Disarmament in the Time of Perestroika: Arms Control and the End of the Soviet Union by Scott Ritter
English | September 1st, 2022 | ISBN: 1949762610 | 370 pages | True EPUB | 6.74 MB
Disarmament in the Time of Perestroika is the definitive history of the implementation of the INF Treaty signed by Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan in all its complexities, and the lengths both sides went to "trust, but verify" this successful and unique historic disarmament process. It demonstrates how two nations fundamentally at odds with one another could come together and rid the world of weapons which threatened international peace and security and, indeed, all of humanity. Those engaged were pioneers in what was to be the new frontier of superpower arms control―on-site inspection―that would define compliance verification for future treaties and agreements to come. Their work represents not just a guide to but the standard upon which all future on-site inspections will be based and judged.

Building a Road to Nuclear Disarmament: Bridging the Gap Between Competing Approaches (Innovations in International Affairs) by Rizwana Abbasi
English | July 27th, 2021 | ISBN: 0367673967, 0367673983 | 148 pages | True EPUB | 1.72 MB
This book focuses on comprehending the contemporary global security environment, creating a new roadmap for nuclear disarmament by creating a balance between deterrence supporters and disarmament advocators.

Matthew Breay Bolton, Sarah Njeri, Taylor Benjamin-Britton, "Global Activism and Humanitarian Disarmament"
English | 2019 | ISBN: 3030276104 | PDF | pages: 279 | 3.8 mb
This book analyses the politics of the humanitarian disarmament community―a loose coalition of activist and advocacy groups, humanitarian agencies and diplomats―who have successfully achieved international treaties banning landmines, cluster munitions and nuclear weapons, as well as restricting the global arms trade. Two campaigns have won Nobel Peace Prizes. Disarmament has long been a dirty word in the international relations lexicon. But the success of the humanitarian disarmament agenda shows that people often choose to prohibit or limit certain violent technologies, for reasons of security, honour, ethics or humanitarianism. This edited volume showcases interdisciplinary research by scholars and practitioners seeking to understand the dynamics and impact of the new global activism on weapons. While some raise concerns that humanitarian disarmament may be piecemeal and depoliticizing, others see opportunities to breathe new life into moribund arms control policymaking. Foreword by 1997 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Jody Williams.

Reiner Braun, "Disarmament, Peace and Development (Contributions to Conflict Management, Peace Economics and Development) "
English | ISBN: 1787438554 | 2018 | 208 pages | EPUB | 956 KB
Excessive military spending reduces the available financial reserves for health, education, and other human needs. For poor countries, it increases poverty, unemployment, and destitution. It also strengthens dictatorial tendencies in politics and acts against democratic values. If we want to achieve peace, eliminate poverty, decrease inequality, and achieve social justice, we should devote all our energies to reducing military spending and using the released resources for economic development. For that, we need a concerted effort to encourage disarmament.

SIPRI Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, "Strategic Disarmament, Verification and National Security "
English | ISBN: 0367511614 | 2020 | 190 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
Originally published in 1977, the purpose of this book was to analyse the relationship between the security of two states mutually undergoing strategic disarmament at the time and the need for safeguarding their security by means of a verification system. The book thus studies some of the basic problems in the disarmament debate, issues that had been the subject of great political controversy.