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Cooperative Monitoring And Its Role In Regional Security, Kent Biringer, John Olsen, Richard Lincoln, Fred L. Wehling, Wayne Einfeld, Pauline Spalding, Ahmed Hasan, David Betsill

Fred L. Wehling

Cooperative monitoring systems can play an important part in promoting the implementation of regional cooperative security agreements. These agreements advance the national security interests of the United States in a post Cold War environment. Regional issues as widely varying as nuclear nonproliferation, trade and environmental pollution can be the source of tensions which may escalate to armed conflict which could have global implications. The OffIce of National Security Policy Analysis at the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) has an interest in seeking ways to promote regional cooperation that can reduce the threats posed by regional conflict. DOE technologies and …