Counter-proliferating the Rogue States

Download or read book Counter-proliferating the Rogue States written by Glen Segell and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: President George W. Bush, in his State of the Union speech in January 2002, describedIran, Iraq and North Korea as an “axis of evil” and accused them of seeking to acquireand develop weapons of mass destruction (nuclear, chemical, biological).1 Further,Under Secretary of State John Bolton said that Cuba, Libya and Syria could be groupedwith these as “rogue states”.2 In doing so, the mere alleged acquisition, without anystated intent, of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) weapons and delivery systemswas designated a threat to local, regional and global stability and security, given theterror and fear they invoked.