RECONSTITUTING SECURITY - THE PRACTICES OF PROLIFERATION CONTROL

[The five permanent members of the Security Council] noted the threats to peace and stability posed by the proliferation of nuclear weapons, chemical and biological weapons, and missiles: and under took to seek effective measures of non-proliferation and arms control in a fair, r easonable, comprehensive and balanced manner on a global as well as a regional basis. (Permanent Five Members of the UN Security Council, 19 91) The end of the Cold War creates an important moment both political ly and analytically.... But if it turns out that despite the dissoluti on of the blocs, strategic practices remain largely intact, then this suggests another character to the nature of international life. It may turn out that the interpretive and discursive resources that animated the Cold War are more persistent and less amenable to restructuring: than celebrants of a new world order might claim.