Foreword

Successes in the field of disarmament often occur quietly and incrementally over many years, while setbacks—the detonations, flight tests, illicit arms transfers, and so on— often make the big headlines. This unfortunate irony complicates the process of describing or assessing progress in this field. It is not difficult, for example, to identify many setbacks for disarmament in 1999

Related Subject(s): Disarmament