Negotiating multilateral instruments against missile proliferation

Mistry, Dinshaw and Smith, Mark (2005) Negotiating multilateral instruments against missile proliferation. International Negotiation, 10 (3), 425-451. (doi:10.1163/157180605776087480).

Abstract

The absence of a major multilateral treaty banning missiles is explained by the limited scope of the two main instruments against missile proliferation – the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) and the Hague Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC). In the MTCR's case, limiting the scope to supply-side technology controls facilitated progress during its negotiations. In the Hague Code, limiting the scope to transparency, and keeping out additional items such as incentives to renounce ballistic missiles and the topic of cruise missiles, made negotiations easier. The trade-off from a limited scope in both instruments is that there is still no significant worldwide treaty banning missiles.

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