Fighting proliferation: European perspectives

Since the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 and the war in Iraq, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) has become a top priority for European policy-makers. The EU Institute for Security Studies invited three European experts on proliferation to present their views on this issue. In this Chaillot Paper, they provide a detailed assessment of the current state of nuclear, biological, chemical and missile proliferation. In addition, they give an analysis of existing non-proliferation tools and develop, for each area, concrete proposals for effective political action.