With the collapse of the USSR, fifteen fledgling sates inherited a massive Soviet arsenal, unstable political systems, and desperate economies. A "sell everything" mentality threatens to result in the largest arms bazaar in human history, and this potential "fire sale" includes weapons of mass destruction. This book addresses the challenges the new independent states (NIS) of the former Soviet Union (FSU) face in controlling and monitoring their sensitive, military-related exports.Dangerous Weapons, Desperate States explores the various theoretical approaches that help explain the development of nonproliferation export control systems in the NIS. The contributors, coming from both the FSU states and the US, provide a broad range of perspectives on the problems posed by the threat of proliferation.

Gary Bertsch is the University Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for International Trade and Security at the University of Georgia. He is co-author of Arms on the Market: Reducing the Risk of Proliferation in the Former Soviet Union (Routledge, 1998), U.S. and Japanese Nonproliferation Export Controls (1996) and International Cooperation on Nonproliferation Export Controls (1994).
William Potter is Professor and Director of the Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies and Director of the Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies.

Part 1 PART I EXPORT CONTROLS, TRADE, AND SECURITY; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION: THE CHALLENGE OF NIS EXPORT CONTROL DEVELOPMENT, Gary K.Bertsch, William C.Potter; Chapter 2 NIS SECURIT AND NONPROLIFERATION EXPORT CONTROLS, VyachaslauPaznyak, AnatoliRozanov; Part 2 PART II EXPORT CONTROL DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEW INDEPENDENT STATES; Chapter 3 NUCLEAR EXPORT CONTROLS IN RUSSIA: THE PLAYERS AND THE PROCESS, ElinaKirichenko, William C.Potter; Chapter 4 EXPORT CONTROL DEVELOPMENTS IN UKRAINE, VictorZaborksy; Chapter 5 THE BELARUSIAN EXPORT CONTROL SYSTEM, UralLatypov; Chapter 6 EXPORT CONTROLS IN THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKSTAN, DastanEleukenov, Keith D.Wolfe; Part 3 PART III PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF EXPORT CONTROL AND CURBING THE SPREAD OF WEAPONS; Chapter 7 CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS EXPORT CONTROLS, MariaKatsva, DerekAverre; Chapter 8 THE POLITICS AND ECONOMICS OF RUSSIA'S CONVENTIONAL ARMS TRANSFERS, IgorKhripunov; Chapter 9 EXPORT CONTROLS AND NUCLEAR SMUGGLING IN RUSSIA, Vladimir A.Orlov; Chapter 10 RUSSIA AND THE MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME, AlexanderPikayev; Chapter 11 RUSSIA AND THE WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT: A NEW MULTILATERAL EXPORT CONTROL REGIME FOR CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS AND DUAL-USE ITEMS, Elina Kirichenko, Dmitriy Nikonov; Part 4 PART IV CONCLUSION; Chapter 12 CONCLUSION, Gary K. Bertsch, William C. Potter; Part 5 PART V APPENDICES; APPENDIX 1 PROLIFERATION CONCERNS; APPENDIX 2 EXPORT CONTROL DEVELOPMENTS IN RUSSIA, UKRAINE, BELARUS, AND KAZAKSTAN; contry CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX;