• ISBN13: 9788126900503
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Politics and Current Affairs
• Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd
• Publisher Imprint: Atlantic
• Publication Date: March 6, 2001
• Pages: 536
• Original Price: INR 990.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 500 grams

Statement of President George W. Bush regarding his intention to introduce National Missile Defence (NMD) has given rise to a lively discussion on the subject all over the world. In this book an attempt has been made to present the viewpoints of eminent experts from different countries, particularly those from countries directly affected by the NMD e.g. the United States of America, Russia, China, the United Kingdom, North Korea, India, etc. It is hoped that the book would be of great value to the researchers and students of defence studies, parliamentarians, senior executives concerned with defence and the common readers.

Dr. K.R. Gupta is a well-known Economist. He has published more than a dozen books and more than hundred papers in leading journals published in India and abroad. His latest publications include Selected Documents on Nuclear Disarmament, 4 Vols., Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), Issues in Indian Economy, 3 Vols., Liberalisation and Globalisation of Indian Economy, 4 Vols., World Trade Organisation [Text], 2 Vols., A Study of World Trade Organisation, GATT Accord and India : A Critical Analysis of Results of the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations and their Implications for India, GATT Accord : Results of the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations, GATT and Underdeveloped Countries, A Study of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and International Economics (5th Edition in Press). He has been teaching International Economics at the post-graduate level for about two decades at the University of Jammu and Kurukshetra University. He has also been guiding research in the field of International Economic Affairs. He worked as an Economist in private as well as in public sector at the highest level.

• Vol. I
• 1. Remarks by President George W. Bush to Students and Faculty at National Defense University, May 1, 2001
• Fort Lesley J. McNair
• 2. U.S. National Missile Defense : Views from Asia
• Dr. Nicholas Berry
• 3. Europe’s Role in National Missile Defense
• Tomas Valasek
• 4. Preserving the ABM Treaty and Promoting International Security (Statement by Ambassador Sha Zukang, Director-General Department of Arms Control & Disarmament, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People’s Republic of China)
• 5. Ballistic Missile Defense : Consequences for South Asia
• Achin Vanaik
• 6. Nuclear Deterrence, Missile Defenses and Global Instability
• David Krieger
• 7. Missile Defense : An Indian Perspective
• Rajesh M. Basrur
• 8. A Russian Perspective on American National Missile Defense
• Alla Yaroshinskaya
• 9. China’s Concern over National Missile Defence
• Dingli Shen
• 10. Ballistic Missile Defense and Alternatives for the Middle East
• Bahig Nassar
• 11. Missile Defenses and the Korean Peninsula
• Samsung Lee
• 12. National Missile Defense : An Overview (1993-2000)
• Donald R. Baucom
• 13. National Missile Defense
• Why Should We Care?
• Admiral Eugene Carroll, Jr.
• 14. U.S. Missile Defense Compromises Global Security
• Tang Jiaxuan
• 15. The US National Missile Defense and South Asia
• Arpit Rajain
• 16. Canada is not Impotent in the Missile Defense Crisis
• Senator Douglas Roche
• 17. Bush Missile Defense Plans
• Muted Reaction from Moscow, May 3, 2001
• 18. TMD : A Confidence Destructive Me, sure in East Asia
• Hiro Umebayash:
• 19. Ballistic Missile Defense
• Michael Wallace
• 20. Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Remarks on Missile Defense (02 May 2001)
• 21. The Ballistic Missile Threat
• Colonel Daniel Smith
• 22. How a US National Missile Defense will Affect South Asia
• Gaurav Kampani
• 23. House Members Debate Bush Missile Defense Plan :
• Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania (May 01, 2001)
• Mr. Skelton (May 01, 2001)
• Mr. Abercrombie(May 01, 2001)
• Mr. Spratt (May 01, 2001)
• Senator Bob Smith of New Hampshire (May 1, 2001)
• Senator Sam Nunn (May 1, 2001)
• Senator Jesse Helms of Republican-North Carolina (01 May 2001)
• John Spratt, Representative of U.S (May 1, 2001)
• Senator James M. Inhofe (R-Okla.) (May 1, 2001)
• Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania (May 02, 2001)
• Richard C. Shelby, Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee (May 2, 2001)
• Tom Daschle, Senate Democratic Leader (May 2, 2001)
• Richard Gephardt, Democratic Leader (02 May, 2001)
• News Conference with Senate Majority Leader Thomas Daschle (D-SD)
• Senator Joseph Biden, Jr. (D-DE)
• Senator Carl Levin (D-MI), Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) [May 2, 2001]
• 24. Defense Department Report, June 14 : Missile Defense Testing
• 25. Remarks by the President Clinton on National Missile Defense (September 1, 2000)
• Vol. II
• 1. Wolfowitz Says U.S. will Move Beyond ABM Treaty
• Says reconfigured missile defense program "is not Star Wars"
• 2. Impact of NMD on Russia, Nuclear Security
• Dr. Bruce Blair
• 3. Diplomatic Gamesmanship on Missile Defense Moves Into High Gear
• 4. Nuclear Forces and Missile Defenses (Chapter 6 of Annual Report to the President and the Congress 2000)
• 5. Foreign Missile Developments and the Ballistic Missile Threat to the United States Through 2015
• National Intelligence Council
• 6. Technological Challenges in National Missile Defense
• Colonel Daniel Smith
• 7. The Costs of Ballistic Missile Defense
• Christopher Hellman
• 8. Rumsfeld, French Defense Minister Richard Media Availability FYR Macedonia, Missile Defense, Underground Nuclear Testing
• 9. Deputy Defense Secretary on Missile Defense, Nuclear Testing
• 10. Missile Defense Statement by Ambassador Robert T. Grey, Jr., U.S. Representative to the Conference on Disarmament, During a Seminar Sponsored by The Netherlands Atlantic Association, The Hague
• 11. Powell Sees "Opportunities to Move Forward" on Missile Defense Dialogue with Russians
• 12. Powell Says U.S. Will "Keep Consulting" on Missile Defense
• 13. U.S. Official Briefs on Bush's Meetings at NATO
• 14. Defense Secretary Rumsfeld on 21st Century Deterrence
• Donald Rumsfeld
• 15. National Intelligence Council
• Statement for the Record to the Senate Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation, and Federal Services on The Ballistic Missile Threat to the United States
• Robert D. Walpole
• 16. A New Stage of the NMD Debate : A U.S. Proposal and a Russian Response
• Nikolai Sokov
• 17. Non-Proliferation : A Battle We All Must Win (Remarks by Joseph R. Biden, Jr. United States Senator [Delaware] Chairman, U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee at Carnegie International Non- Proliferation Conference Washington, D.C.
• 18. Pentagon Projects National Missile Defense Costs at $30.2B
• Linda D. Kozaryn
• 19. Nunn-Lugar : A Tool For the New U.S.-Russian Strategic Relationship Carnegie Non-proliferation Conference
• Senator Richard Lusar
• 20. Select Committee on Foreign Affairs Eighth Report "Weapons of Mass Destruction : National Missile Defence and the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty" Session 1999-2000 Foreign Affairs Committee Publication
• 21. National Missile Defense and Strategic Security in the Post Cold War World
• Senator Joseph Biden
• 22. Key Issues for North Korea Policy : Missile Negotiations and the 1994 Agreed Framework
• 23. North Korean Offer Could Pave Way for New Missile Negotiations
• 24. China-Russia Beijing Declaration
• 25. Bush Administration Backtracks on U.S. Non- proliferation Programs in Russia
• 26. Missile Intercept Test Successful
• 27. 'Fuzzy' Logic on Missile Defense
• 28. Why a Less-Than-Effective Missile Defense Does Not Enhance U.S. Security
• 29. Opinions of Some Eminent Persons
• Gephardt Statement on the National Missile Defense System
• Levin Reaction to Bush Speech on National Missile Defense
• 30. Chronology of U.S. National Missile Defense Programs
• Colonel Daniel Smith
• 31. Acronyms & Glossary