PO 6560 - Arms Proliferation and Collective Security

This course explores the origins of the concepts of arms control and collective security, examines the attempts to organize international security collectively, and assesses possibilities and opportunities for collective security arrangements after the Cold War. Alliances, balances of power, and international organizational approached to security will be discussed as well as arms control regimes and deterrence and their impact on efforts to develop security regimes. Credits: 4