The Disarmament Collective (Eugenio Benincasa, Matthew Bolton, Michael Bourne, Neil Cooper, Volker Lehmann, Ritu Mathur, and Sara Njeri), editors
Although disarmament is a longstanding feature of the international system, it is often dismissed as utopian and remains largely understudied and undertheorized. To redress this gap, the authors of this timely collective work reexamine the conceptual foundations and practice of disarmament and explore both pressing challenges and emerging opportunities.
Eugenio Benincasa is a senior cyberdefense researcher at the Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich. Matthew Bolton is director of the International Disarmament Institute at Pace University. Michael Bourne is reader in international security at Queen's University, Belfast. Neil Cooper is professor of peace and conflict studies at Kent State University. Volker Lehmann is a senior policy analyst at Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, New York. Ritu Mathur is associate professor of political science at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Sara Njeri is lecturer in humanitarian and development studies at SOAS, University of London.
"This book fills important conceptual and knowledge gaps in how we think of disarmament, recasting it as a set of practices rather than a normative goal and investigating for the first time how it can work in reality. A must read for academics and practitioners dedicated to a more secure world." —Charli Carpenter, University of Massachusetts–Amherst
"At a time when the arms control approach developed during the Cold War appears dead, this volume makes a compelling case for reconsidering disarmament.... It will be essential reading for anyone with an open mind about finding new approaches to reducing the dangers associated with violent conflict." —Jeffrey W. Knopf, Middlebury Institute of International Studies
