Product Types: Policy Paper

Policy Paper

Regional Organizations and Peacekeeping

At a time when the UN was struggling to find the resources to cope with a rising tide of regional conflict and

June 1, 1993
Policy Paper

Non-UN Peacekeeping in the Middle East

United Nations peacekeeping operations have been underway continuously in the Middle East since 1948. But there also have been non-UN operations. This

May 1, 1993
Policy Paper

Administering the Chemical Weapons Convention: Lessons from the IAEA

Comparisons between the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) are probably unavoid­ able.

March 1, 1993
Policy Paper

Open Skies: Beyond “Vancouver to Vladivostok”

Open Skies is the most extensive confidence-building measure ever negotiated. It opens all of the territory of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

December 15, 1992
Policy Paper

The U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency: Restructuring for the Post-Cold War Era

The time has come to make hard choices about the US Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA). ACDA’s declining fortunes over the past decade

December 13, 1992
Policy Paper

Verification of a Chemical Weapons Convention: A Guide to the Perplexed

Verification, like beauty, lies in the eyes of the beholder. Analysts disagree on the value of arms control and disarmament agreements in

March 13, 1992
Policy Paper

Does the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency Have a Future?

Administrations come and go, the names of individuals and interagency committees change, but much remains the same with regard to the structure

February 15, 1992
Policy Paper

Confidence-Building, Peace-Making and Aerial Inspections in the Middle East

Confidence-building measures (CBMs) have been defined as “arrangements designed to enhance…assurance of mind and belief in the trustworthiness of states and the 

January 14, 1992
Policy Paper

Strengthening the Chemical Weapons Convention Through Aerial Inspections

Negotiations to ban the development, production, and stockpiling of chemical weapons (CW) have produced guidelines for monitoring the destruction of stocks and

April 19, 1991
Policy Paper

Combatting Chemical Weapons Proliferation: The Role of Sanctions and Assurances

These essays are products of the Stimson Center’s Multilateral Verification Project which is made possible by grant support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York and

April 16, 1991
Policy Paper

Verifying Conventional Force Reductions

At the NATO Summit meeting in May 1989, President George Bush asked the Western Allies to join in proposing the most far-reaching

February 12, 1990