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Mass Proliferation Research Paper

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CRJ 553 - WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION Arizona State University Dr. Timothy Franklin

Assignment 3.

Submitted by:
Eugene L. Deener, BSPA, SEM, CHS III, CHEC III, FEMA PCP

CRJ 553 Deener 1

Abstract:

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While the collapse of the Soviet Union left the world in a precarious place with some nuclear material in some sketchy hands, overall the situation stabilized, and most are accounted for. However, it’s the procurement program established by Khan to make Pakistan nuclear, that has slowly drifted into an import business, most notably to Iran and some suspect, to North Korea. One attempt was discovered by the arms inspectors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), but little evidence as to what was received was found. Because of international attention brought on by the Khan Network, legal frame work like the Proliferation Security Initiative has been strengthened to criminalized proliferation. UN Security Resolution 1540 further also called for “all states to criminalize proliferation to nonstate actors and to establish, review and maintain appropriate export control systems” (Chapter 2.5, pg. 263, Forest and Howard, 2013). Another aspect of controlling this is a “broad political-military strategy that rests on a firm tripod of policies to: attack terrorists and their organizations; prevent the continued growth of Islamist terrorism; and protect against and prepare for terrorist attacks.” (National Commission, 2004). Overall, the threat is very real and always on the cusp of reality. While “Mutually Assured …show more content…

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