Since its entry into force on 1 March 1999, the Mine Ban Treaty (MBT) has been successful in attaining its aim of abolishing anti-personnel landmines. However, in terms of mine victim assistance, another goal sanctioned by the treaty, results have been much less heartening. This may be partially due to the weakness of existing formal monitoring of victim assistance mechanisms that fail to expos…
This study evaluates the costs and benefits of nuclear arms control treaties between the US and the Soviet Union/Russian Federation. The report finds that, although the implementation and verification of nuclear arms control regimes can be expensive, these costs pale into insignificance compared to the costs and risks of nuclear rearmament and the consequences of a nuclear arms race.