Based on papers presented originally at a conference held by the Dept. of War Studies at King's College, London, in Nov. 1991.

Restraints on chemical, biological and nuclear use : some lessons from history /Philip Sabin --Rational ruthlessness : non-conventional and missile warfare in the Iran-Iraq War /Efraim Karsh --Non-conventional weaponry and ballistic missiles during the 1991 Gulf War /Martin Navias --Chemical-weapons proliferation in the Middle East /Julian Perry Robinson --Biological weapons : their nature and arms control /Graham S. Pearson --Nuclear proliferation in the Middle East : the next chapter begins /Leonard Spector --The 'proliferation problem' and the New World Order /Lawrence Freedman --Middle Eastern stability and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction /Yezid Sayigh --Non-conventional weaponry and the future of Arab-Israeli deterrence /Avner Yaniv --Arms control and supplier restraints : a UK perspective /Willima Hopkinson --Arms control and the Arab-Israeli Peace Process /Geoffrey Kemp --Controlling the arms trade : prospects for the future /Stephanie Neuman.