Cooperation in an Era of Confrontation: The Case of the Benelux Arms Control Agency
- EU and strategic partners,
- EU strategy and foreign policy,
- Europe in the World,
- European defence / NATO,
Both nuclear and conventional arms control guardrails are eroding, and the risk of great power confrontation is growing. Subsequently, middle and small power cooperation on arms control can be beneficial to retain past experiences and expertise concerning the negotiation, implementation, and verification of formal arms control treaties.
In this HCSS guest paper, author Wannes Verstraete focuses on the establishment, the current role, and future opportunities for the Benelux Arms Control Agency (BACA) as a successful example of trilateral conventional arms control cooperation between Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.
This paper was originally published by HCSS and the full text can be found on their website.
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