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The Role of the EU in Controlling Sensitive Nuclear Technologies

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The EU and the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

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Preventing the spread of nuclear, biological and chemical WMD is a core objective of the EU. The ESS states that the ‘[p]roliferation of [WMD] is potentially the greatest threat to our security’ (Council of the European Union 2003b: 4). Likewise, the EU Strategy Against Proliferation of WMD (WMD Strategy), which was adopted at the same time as the ESS in December 2003, says that the EU’s objective is ‘to prevent, deter, halt and, where possible, eliminate proliferation programmes of concern worldwide’ (Council of the European Union 2003a: 2; for the text of the WMD Strategy see Appendix II of this volume).

This chapter is a revised version of Meier (2012).

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  1. Department of International and European Economic Studies, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece

    Spyros Blavoukos (Assistant Professor) & Dimitris Bourantonis (Professor of European and International Studies) (Assistant Professor) &  (Professor of European and International Studies)

  2. School of Social Sciences, Singapore Management University, Singapore

    Clara Portela (Assistant Professor Political Science) (Assistant Professor Political Science)

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Meier, O. (2015). The Role of the EU in Controlling Sensitive Nuclear Technologies. In: Blavoukos, S., Bourantonis, D., Portela, C. (eds) The EU and the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. The European Union in International Affairs. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137378446_7

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