1Emerging security environment in the Mediterranean and the Middle East -- 6 -- 2 Recent developments in arms control and non-proliferation -- 19 -- 3 Assessing the proliferation threat -- 27 -- 4 WMD terrorism -- 59 -- 5 WMD capabilities of selected countries in the Mediterranean and the Middle East -- 73 -- 6 WMD proliferation: threats and challenges to Western security and NATO's response -- 90 -- 7 Basic principles of US counterproliferation strategy -- 111 -- 8 EU's response to WMD proliferation -- 121.