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The proliferation of all kinds of weapons (nuclear, chemical, biological, and even conventional) is emerging as a focal point for international security. This book shows how both the language used to talk about weapons proliferation and the practices adopted to respond to it serve to define the problem in ways that promote policy responses doomed to failure. Examining the metaphors that have been gathered into the proliferation discourse—in terms of the nature of the problems they construct, the various interests they create, and the identity of the actors that are constituted—Mutimer makes a seminal contribution to both critical IR and policy debates.

Polemology --- Nuclear nonproliferation. --- Nuclear arms control. --- Biological arms control. --- Chemical arms control. --- Security, International. --- Non-prolifération nucléaire --- Armes nucléaires --- Armes biologiques --- Armes chimiques --- Sécurité internationale --- Contrôle --- Non-prolifération nucléaire --- Armes nucléaires --- Sécurité internationale --- Contrôle --- Collective security --- International security --- Chemical weapons control --- Biological weapons control --- Nuclear weapons control --- Export of nuclear materials --- Export of nuclear technology --- International control of nuclear energy --- Nonproliferation, Nuclear --- Nuclear energy --- Nuclear exports --- Nuclear proliferation --- Proliferation, Nuclear --- International control --- International relations --- Disarmament --- International organization --- Peace --- Arms control --- Nuclear weapons --- Nuclear arms control --- Nuclear-weapon-free zones