HAIIDER AHMED 01-155172019

BSS 6-IR

Report learning unit 1 chapter 3 and 4 of Arms control and disarmament

Chapter 3

There are numerous sorts of arms control negotiation, each with their own positives and
negatives. The endeavors for arms control can be unilateral, bilateral, multilateral-regional and
multilateral-global etc.

In those areas where multilateral efforts have been made to control certain types of weapons,
the realm of international security regimes is studied. States have a tendency to feel vulnerable
in the international system. They deal with uncertainty and insecurity through international
cooperation and by increasing military power and national arsenal.

This chapter talks about the forms of arms control agreements and their pros and cons. They
can be unilateral, bilateral, multilateral-regional and multilateral-global. Arms control without
treaties for example 1966s mutual satellite observation the reciprocal action is more adaptable
and faster. The chapter focuses to distinguish between quantitative and qualitative restrictions
on weapons and troops.

Quantitative constraints are limits on the growth of weapons or reduction.

Qualitative constraints concerning the quality of weapons such as range, caliber, size and
weight.

States participating in deterrence against each other the United states, Russia, China, India and
Pakistan, and these states also posses nuclear weapons. Arms control can only do its job when
parties comply with their obligations. It totally depends on the parties what they have promised
and do not do what has been prohibited. The chapter concludes that arms control and
disarmament work is inspected by parties themselves.
Chapter 4

The chapter first addresses what is human security the relation between human security and
arms control and then relates women with human security

Human security is an emerging paradigm for understanding global vulnerabilities whose

proponents challenge the traditional notion of national security through military security by
arguing that the proper referent for security should be at the human rather than national level.

We can never talk meaningfully about human security without discussing gender equality first.
For human security is not a concern with weapons. It is a concern about human dignity. It is a
concern for people and their welfare. And no society can ever prosper half-liberated and half-
chained. Women’s security is a pre-condition for human security.

Chapter talks about how armament create money opportunities and what are its cons so the
developed countries seek opportunities to sell armament to developing countries while they
being benefited on the other hand the developing nations are using money to buy weapon
instead of using it on health and education sector this is a hurdle in their development and also
armaments create wars and destruction.