Preventing the Proliferation of WMDs

Chapter 1: Introduction 1 Chapter 2: A History of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540   A Proliferation Tsunami   A New Face of Proliferation   Fashioning a Systematic Response   Passing the Resolution   UNSCR 1540 in Context   Chapter Conclusion:  A History of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540  Chapter 3: UNSCR 1540: Implementation Trends   Resolution 1540 in International Law   Implementing the Text: Underlying Issues   Sources and Outreach   Implementation Trends: Case Study of Trade Control-Related OP3 Measures   Chapter Conclusions: Implementation Trends  Chapter 4: Regional Implementation of UNSCR 1540   Western European and Others Group (WEOG)   Eastern European Group   AsiaPacific Group   Africa Group   Latin America and the Caribbean Group   Chapter Conclusion: Regional Implementation of UNSCR 1540  Chapter 5: UNSCR 1540 Implementation: Challenges Past and Present   Broader Challenges   Practical Challenges   Overcoming these Challenges?   Chapter Conclusions: UNSCR 1540 Implementation Challenges Past and Present  Chapter 6: Preventing WMD Proliferation: The Future of UNSCR 1540   The Future of the 1540 Framework   Scope and Mandate   International Legal Framework   Coordination and Administration   Capacity Building   National Implementation: overcoming the challenges   Political commitment   Resource constraint   Chapter Conclusions: Preventing WMD proliferation and The Future of 1540  Chapter 7: Conclusions: the Future of UNSCR 1540  Appendix 1: Full Text of UNSCR 1540 (2004) 

Daniel Salisbury is a Fellow at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, USA. Before joining CNS Daniel worked at in the Department of War Studies at King's College London (KCL), UK on a series of projects on non-proliferation, export controls and nuclear security. 

Ian J. Stewart is a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of War Studies and runs Project Alpha at King's College London, UK. Before joining KCL, Mr Stewart worked for the British Ministry of Defence, where he was an analyst working on issues related to non-proliferation and illicit trade. 

Andrea Viski is a Senior Research Associate at Project Alpha, Department of War Studies, King's College London, UK, focusing on strategic trade controls and capacity-building. She previously worked for the European Commission and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Sweden. She is the current editor-in-chief of the Strategic Trade Review.