CIAO DATE: 10/2012
August 2012
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
The Asia-Pacific region epitomizes the type of proliferation challenges the international community faces. Globalization turned the region into one of the most important international trade hubs, the home to leading dual-use companies, and the anticipated site of the world’s most significant growth in nuclear energy. While those trends are beneficial, they also create new sources of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) proliferation.
Resource link: A Regional Approach to WMD Nonproliferation in the Asia-Pacific [PDF] - 416K