Introduction. Global security governance: a world of change and challenge 1. Euro-Atlantic security and institutions 2. Major armed conflicts 3. Multilateral peace missions: challenges of peace-building 4. Governing the use of force under international auspices: deficits in parliamentary accountability 5. The greater Middle East 6. Latin America and the Caribbean: security and defence in the post-cold war era 7. Financing security in a global context 8. Military expenditure 9. Arms production 10. International arms transfers 11. Arms control and the non-proliferation process 12. Nuclear arms control and non-proliferation 13. Chemical and biological warfare developments and arms control 14. Libya’s renunciation of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons and ballistic missiles 15. Conventional arms control 16. International non-proliferation and disarmament assistance 17. Transfer controls 17. Transfer controls Appendix 17A. US export controls 18. The Proliferation Security Initiative: international law aspects of the Statement of Interdiction Principles Annex A. Arms control and disarmament agreements Annex B. Chronology 2004