Syria's proliferation challenge and the European Union's response / [electronic resource] Michael Elleman, Dina Esfandiary and Emile Hokayem

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This paper aims to shed light on Syria’s WMD motivations and on how they fit in its security thinking and policy; describe how its neighbours, enemies and the international community have addressed this matter; and explain why European Union (EU) policy on Syria has failed to take WMD considerations seriously and ultimately failed to influence Syrian decision making.

The EU Non-Proliferation Consortium is a network of foreign policy institutions and research centres from across the EU engaged in political and security-related dialogue and discussion of measures to combat the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and their delivery systems. The Consortium is managed jointly by SIPRI and three other institutes, in close cooperation with the representative of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. The three institutes are the Fondation pour la recherche stratégique in Paris, the Peace Research Institute in Frankfurt (HSFK/PRIF), and the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in London.

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