The Middle East is a hot spot of proliferation. This volume, written under the auspices of the EU Consortium for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament determines the state of diplomatic efforts to establish a weapons of mass destruction (WMD) free zone in the Middle East.

Introduction, Harald Müller, Daniel Müller; Part 1 Setting the Stage; Chapter 1 The Regional Security Environment and Basic Principles for the Relations of the Members of the Zone, Nabil Fahmy; Chapter 2 The Main Elements of a WMD-free Zone in the Middle East, Mohamed I. Shaker; Chapter 3 Assessing the Relevance of Nuclear CBMs to a WMD Arms Control Process in the Middle East Today, Emily B. Landau; Chapter 4 The Iran Nuclear Dilemma: The Peaceful Use of Nuclear Energy and the NPT’s Main Objectives, Seyed Hossein Mousavian; Chapter 5 Basic Principles for a Process Leading to the Establishment of a Middle East Free of Weapons of Mass Destruction, Harald Müller; Part 2 Arms Control Approaches in the Middle East: Taking Stock; Chapter 6 A Zone Free of WMD and Means of Delivery in the Middle East: The Multilateral Diplomatic Process, 1974–2010, Benjamin Hautecouverture, Raphaëlle Mathiot; Chapter 7 Status of Non-proliferation Treaties, Agreements, and Other Related Instruments in the Middle East, David Santoro; Chapter 8 The Arms Control and Regional Security Working Group: Still Relevant to the Middle East?, Peter Jones; Part 3 Assessing Regional Capabilities, Challenges and Opportunities; Nuclear Matters; Chapter 9 Nuclear Capabilities in the Middle East, Mark Fitzpatrick; Chapter 10 Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy in the Middle East: Multilateral Nuclear Approaches, Giorgio Franceschini; Chapter 11 A Middle East Regional Arrangement on Securing Radiological Agents as a CSBM: A Common Interest in Preventing Radiological Terrorism, Nilsu Gören, Aviv Melamud; Chapter 12 Promoting Nuclear Safety and Nuclear Security in the Middle East Region, Mark Fitzpatrick; Chemical and Biological Matters; Chapter 13 Biological and Chemical Weapons and the Prospective Disarmament Process in the Middle East, Jean Pascal Zanders; Chapter 14 Building Confidence towards a MEWMDFZ via a Chemical Weapons Ban, Dina Esfandiary; Chapter 15 Building Confidence over Biological Matters in the Middle East, Una Becker-Jakob; Chapter 16 Towards WMDFZ in the Middle East: Biological Confidence-building Measures, David Friedman; Conventional Weapons, Missiles, and Other Means of Delivery; Chapter 17 Conventional Strategic Military Capabilities in the Middle East, Pieter D. Wezeman; Chapter 18 The Dynamics of Missile Proliferation in the Middle East and North Africa, Stéphane Delory; Chapter 19 Missiles and Other Means of Delivery in the Middle East, Uzi Rubin; Chapter 20 The Issue of ‘Delivery Systems’ in a Middle East Zone Free of Weapons of Mass Destruction, Trezza Carlo; Chapter 21 A Middle East Free of Missiles and Weapons of Mass Destruction: An Iranian View, Nasser Hadian, Shani Hormozi; Chapter 22 Coping with Military Asymmetries in the Middle East: A Framework for Missile-related Confidence- and Security-building Measures, Bernd W. Kubbig; Part 4 Arms Control and regional Security Matters; Chapter 23 The Middle East Regional Security Regime and CSBMs, Shlomo Brom; Chapter 24 Arms Control in Times of Transition — Egypt, Daniel Müller; Chapter 25 Making Peace Attractive: Emphasizing the Benefits of a Negotiated Agreement between Israel and the Palestinians, Claudia Baumgart-Ochse; Chapter 26 The Regional Security Architecture and Other Confidence-building Measures, Peter Jones; Part 5 In Lieu of Conclusion; Chapter 27 Some Reflections on Confidence-building Measures in the Middle East, Sinan Ülgen; Chapter 28 A Middle East Zone Free of Weapons of Mass Destruction — (Still) a Topic for a Helsinki Meeting?, Hans Blix; Chapter 29 Tiptoe, Stride and Leap: Steps Towards a WMD-free Middle East, Patricia M. Lewis; Chapter 30 A Weapons of Mass Destruction-free Zone in the Middle East: An Incremental Approach, Harald Müller, Claudia Baumgart-Ochse;