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The political dimensions of the Arab-Israeli relationship have changed dramatically in recent years. Israel and its Arab neighbors have made remarkable progress toward resolving long-standing conflicts. In Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control in the Middle East, Shai Feldman considers whether these political breakthroughs have set the stage for agreements on controlling nuclear weapons in the region. He presents a richly detailed overview of the current situation and lays out an agenda for future efforts to reduce the risk of nuclear war in the Middle East.Feldman, whose background in strategic studies includes nearly two decades of research at Tel Aviv University's Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies, provides a comprehensive analysis of the nuclear programs of Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Libya, and Syria. He presents a detailed picture of how Israel and the Arab states view nuclear weapons -- their utility, and the threats they pose to regional security -- and explores the different approaches that Israel and the Arab states have adopted toward nuclear arms control.Feldman concludes by suggesting interim measures that might help bridge the gap between these different perspectives.BCSIA Studies in International Security
Contents
Nuclear arms control in the Middle East - why now? nuclear programs; nuclear weapons in Israel's security policy; Arab approaches to nuclear weapons; the global agenda for nuclear arms control; U.S. nuclear nonproliferation policies in the Middle East; nuclear arms control - Arab policies; nuclear arms control - Israel's policies; is linkage to conventional arms control feasible? interim measures. Appendices: Israel's draft resolution proposing the establishment of nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East, presented to the UN General Assembly, October 31, 1980; excerpts from the address of Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir to the UN General Assembly, June 7, 1988; Excerpts from the address of Egyptian Foreign Minister Ismat Abdel Meguid to the UN General Assembly, June 13, 1988; the 'Mubarak initiative' (letter from the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt to the UN Secretary-General, April 16, 1990); excerpts from General Assembly resolution 45/52, 'establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East' December 4, 1990; excerpts from address by Itzhak Shamir, Prime Minister of Israel, to the American Enterprise Institute, December 12, 1990; excerperts from a release from the White House Office of the Press Secretary, Kennebunkport, Maine: 'fact sheet on Middle East arms control initiative,' Wednesday, May 29, 1991; excerpts from Israel's reply to the UN study on the 'establishment of a nuclear-weapons;free zone in the region of the Middle East', October 22, 1991; President George Bush's nonproliferation initiative, July 13, 1992; excerpts from the address by the Foreign Minister of Israel, Mr. Shimon Peres, at the Signing ceremony of the chemical weapons convention, Paris January 13, 1993; excerpts from 'U.S. nonproliferation and export control policy', a White House fact sheet issued on the occasion of President Clinton's address to the UN General Assembly, September 27, 1993; draft 'statement on arms control and regional security', ACRS, Tunis, December 1994; resolution of the Middle East conference of the state parties to the treaty on the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons, New York, May 11, 1995.
