Reading List

2022 Disarmament Orientation Course

This list presents relevant material related to the topics covered by this Disarmament Orientation Course. Please read the key readings for each module. Readings qualified as “Other Readings” are not required. Do also refer to the Table of Disarmament Forums and Agencies and the Table of Weapons and Technologies in conjunction with this reading list.

Module 1: Scene-setting: context, history and mechanisms

International Security and Arms Control

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Conference on Disarmament (CD)

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Disarmament Machinery

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Module 2: Weapons of mass destruction (WMD)

WMD (General)

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Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation

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Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)

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Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW)

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Verification

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Safeguards

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Fissile Materials

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Nuclear Risk Reduction

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Comprehensive Test ban Treaty (CTBT)

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Biological Weapons

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  • Warmbrod. L, Revill. J & Connell. N. 2020. “Advances in Science and Technology in the Life Sciences and their Implications for Biosecurity and Arms Control.” Geneva, Switzerland: UNIDIR
    https://doi.org/10.37559/SecTec/20/01
Chemical Weapons

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Module 3: humanitarian perspectives, gender mainstreaming, civil society participation and financing aspects

Gender

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  • UNIDIR Gender and Disarmament Online Hub: Provides an overview of how gender perspectives have been integrated in arms control so far, as well as ideas to promote gender equality in disarmament
    https://www.unidir.org/gender

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International Humanitarian Law (IHL)

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Science and Technology

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  • Borrett. V., Hanham. M., Jeremias. G., Forman. J., Revill. J., Borrie. J., Åstot. C., Baulig. A., Curty. C., Dorner. B.G, Fraga. C., Gonzalez. D., Mikulak. R., Noort. D., Raza. S. K., Tang. C., Timperley. C., van Straten. F.M, van Zalen. E., Vanninen. P., Waqar. F. 2020. “Science and Technology for WMD compliance monitoring and investigations”. WMD Compliance and Enforcement Series No. 11. Geneva, Switzerland: UNIDIR.
    https://unidir.org/publication/science-and-technology-wmd-compliance-monitoring-and-investigations
Youth
Advocacy and Civil Society

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Diplomacy

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Module 4: Conventional Weapons

Conventional Weapons (General)

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Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) a.k.a Inhumane Weapons Convention

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Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (APMBC)

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Cluster Munitions Convention (CCM)

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Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)

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Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas (EWIPA)

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Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)

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  • Outcome of the Seventh Biennial Meeting of States to Consider the Implementation of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects, A/CONF.192/BMS/2021/CRP.2/Rev.1
  • International Action Network on Small Arms, https://iansa.org/
  • Small Arms Survey, https://www.smallarmssurvey.org/

Module 5: Space and Missiles

Space

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Missiles and New Weapons

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Module 6: AI and Cybersecurity

Artificial Intelligence

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Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS), Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)

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Cybersecurity

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