EVOLVING TRENDS OF NUCLEAR TERRORISM THREATS: THE ROLE OF UNITED NATIONS RESOLUTION 1540 AND ITS IMPLICATIONS

Year
2017
Author(s)
Huma Rehman - Center for International Strategic Studies
Abstract
Proliferation of the Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) related expertise and associated technology has long been an international concern due to the dangers involved in it. At the outset, the international non-proliferation efforts were focused to prevent the proliferation of WMD components and technology between states. The threat posed by non-state actors such as terrorists, extremists, and illicit network groups, raised the bar of global concern of international security. For the fact, it has high magnitude of causing destruction, and disorder in systems.