...Raymond Muhula Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2003 Raymond Muhula is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science,Howard University. Among his recent work is the chapter “Political Participation” in Washington DC, State of Affairs (2003). Rogue Nations, States...

...M. Ehsan Ahrari Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2001 M. Ehsan Ahrari is professor of national security and strategy at the Joint Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Virginia. MQ 12.2-07 Ahrari 5/8/01 10:36 AM Page 83 “Rogue States” and NMD/TMD...

...Randall Newnham The question of how to deal with so-called rogue states, especially those trying to obtain weapons of mass destruction (WMD), is currently of central importance to the world. Advocates of military action, who predominated immediately after 9/11, have lost credibility in recent years...

... of this ongo- ing global discontent. As stipulated and operationalized, the doctrine con- templates attacking rogue states (as was the case with Iraq) and terrorist organizations in the absence of credible intelligence and confirmation of a pending enemy attack. In the view of the Bush...

... of prosperity and face risks to security, prosperity, and freedom. Terrorism can no longer be tolerated as the enterprise of marginal groups. As the Afghanistan and Iraq experiences show, modern terrorists and rogue 36 Mediterranean Quarterly: Summer 2003 states are capable of forming dangerous alliances...

... policies with Iran, Sudan, and other energy-­supplying rogue regimes. It explains their commitment to put numerous nuclear power plants on line. And it explains their commitment to develop more efficient energy produc- tion. It also helps explain China’s expansion of its naval fleet to protect its sea...

... attacks. Equally encouraging were official condemnations of the devastation wrought at the Twin Towers and the Pentagon and expressions of support for the United States emanating from Russia, China, and several “rogue regimes,” notably, Syria...

... defenses against the growing ballistic missile capabilities of so-called rogue states. Together, all four lines help form the policy fabric of an integrated defense in depth. The Review...

..., Iran remains a state of concern for us and for global security, and North Korea seems to be living up to its reputation as a rogue state. To the extent possible and true to our policy of offering an open forum for diverse views, we have sought to balance the content of this special issue...

... situation in Central Asia belongs to a set of challenges for our time that includes failed states, rogue regimes, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, human trafficking, and organized crime, among oth- ers. Though issues have multiplied, the international community has yet to properly...

... accompanied by a generally low level of casu- alties suggested an opportunity for the United States to use its capability and strength to focus on other regional issues. It has generated an improved opportunity for the resolution of some regional issues and concern among rogue states, terrorist sponsors...

... was planning military action against Iraq. The rhetoric about rogue states and weapons of mass destruction was used again when President Bush addressed cadets at the Citadel in December: “Rogue states are clearly the most likely sources of chemical and biological...

... to initiate substantive policy controls to curb the proliferation of small arms and light weapons.1 Theso-calledits securit existence rogue of states radical in thesocial south groups has promptedin the western the European Mediterranean Union andand y agencies to be even more concerned...

... for the transfer of nuclear technology to the so-called rogue states of the Middle East—Syria, Iraq, and Iran—from the Russian Federation or Kazakhstan. As one foreign policy official indicated, the Kazakh leadership will not close the option of a pipeline through Iran.11 In the short run, the Iranian...

... Security Strategy briefly outlines a few common attributes shared by dangerous “rogue states,” but the administra- tion is careful not to confine its doctrine to any fixed set of objective criteria for determining when the threat posed by any one of these states is sufficient to warrant preemptive action...

... Bahgat: A Nuclear Arms Race in the Middle East  31 beyond is portrayed as a “rogue” or “pariah” state. Libya gained respect and prestige in 2003 by renouncing, not pursuing, its nuclear program. Security: Probably more than any other reason, the Arab-­Israeli conflict and instability...

... forming a pro-American strategic alliance— playing the unofficial role of deputies of the Washington sheriff in the Middle East—as part of a new U.S., post–Cold War global strategy of containing “rogue states,” “international terrorism,” and “Islamic radicalism...

... even expand these activities will be decided by its ability to produce next-generation weapons systems for its own armed forces and sell current stock even to rogue states —a situation that, of course, contributes to instability in the southern part...

... for limited objectives, at the world- wide advance of free market democracy, and at the containment of the forces of change and disorder.45 However, even though democracy promotion was a critical component, the doctrine of “rogue states,” explicitly espoused in his second term, was in fact the basis...

... to today’s concerns about nuclear-armed “rogue states,” see Francis J. Gavin, “Blasts from the Past: Proliferation Lessons from the 1960s,” International Security 29, no. 3 (2004 – 05): 100 – 35. 18 Mediterranean Quarterly: Winter 2007 His boast that China could outlast the United States...