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Arms Control Basics
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Arms Control | Constraint on weapons and armed forces that serve the stability of the military situation between the parties to an arms control agreement |
| Non-proliferation | Efforts to prevent the further sprees of certain weapons (category of Arms Control) |
| Disarmament | The reduction of certain weapons with the final goal of elimination. |
| Counter-Proliferation | Comprises: Embargoes, interception of weapon transports, intelligence operation. (Subcategory of Non-Proliferation) |
| Security dilemma | Basic term of security analysis. Because of uncertainty, governments cannot know with precision whether other actors in the international system are hostile or friendly. |
| Humanitarian arms control | An approach to constrain weapons and their use that do particular harm to the civilian population |
| Human security | A security concept that makes people, not states, the central subject of security policy |
| Enforcement | Measures from clarification and diplomacy to sanctions and, ultimately, the use of force to bring parties in violation of their undertakings back into good standing |
| Treaty review | Periodic gatherings of parties to a treaty to assess effectiveness of the treaty in achieving its goals and compliance by its membership and to agree on measures to strengthen the treaty, improve its effectiveness and enhance compliance |
| Verification | All measures to ensure that members to an agreement are complying with their undertakings. |
| Weapon of mass destruction (WMD) | A nuclear, radiological, chemical, biological or other weapon that can kill and bring significant harm to a large number of humans or cause great damage to human-made structures (e.g. buildings), natural structures (e.g. mountains), or the biosphere. |
| Weapon system | The combination of the essential parts which make an item to a weapon. For example the tank, its cannon, and the munition. |
| Export control | Measures by states, international organizations, and private economic actors to prevent the illegal transfer of weapons, materials , equipment and technology that could be used to produce prohibited weapons |
| Confidence building | Measures to reduce suspicions among states, e.g. information exchange, transparency about armament plans, maneuver observation, constraints on offensive exercises etc. |
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