Question

Describe two forms of cooperative security as per its traditional notion.

Answer 1

1. Disarmament: It binds states to give up certain kinds of weapons to avoid mass destruction, such as chemical weapons.
2. Confidence Building: Cooperative security accepts confidence building as a means of avoiding violence. It is the process designed to ensure that rivals do not go to war through misunderstanding or misperception.
3. Arms Control: It regulates the acquisition or development of weapons. The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in 1972 tried to stop the United States and the Soviet Union from using ballistic missiles as a defensive shield to launch a nuclear attack.